Example sentences of "and [num] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed half of Littlewoods ' 2.5 million agents have adopted this route and the average number of customers per agent has fallen from between six and 10 to just over two . |
2 | The total number of passengers in fact doubled between 1982 and 1992 from just under five million to ten million . |
3 | Specialists organised themselves earlier — the American College of Surgeons and the College of Physicians were formed in 1913 and 19l5 respectively , while the Academy of General practice did not appear until 1947 — and , despite the recommendations of the Mills Commission and the Willard Committee in 1963 and 1964 for more broadly trained physicians , there was little response from the medical schools ( Stephen 1979 , p.266 ) . |
4 | For the whole sector it is much in line with the overall growth of GDP , but it is noteworthy that between 1951 and 1964 insurance , and banking and finance grew by nearly 50 per cent faster than GDP and between 1964 and 1973 by just over 90 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
5 | Many are quite short , some extend as far as the defences , and two at least apparently form a prominent central crossroads . |
6 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |
7 | → I would add to N B Cherry 's letter by saying that of course modern guitar design owes an awful lot to the pioneer designs of the ‘ 40s and '50s in very much the same sort of way that the modern motor car owes a great deal to its predecessors — that is to say , four wheels , petrol driven internal combustion engine etc. , etc. , you get my drift . |