Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a good six minutes later that this squadron of battleships , which had been steaming some 8km/5mls behind Beatty in his flagship Lion , turned ; this delay left the squadron about 16km/10mls behind Beatty 's battlecruisers . |
| 2 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 3 | Vandalised bus shelters , street name plates , street lights , windows and other property have cost the council almost £120,000 in the past year . |
| 4 | Mrs Harker said : ‘ At the moment about 85pc of our students are from the community . |
| 5 | Bukharin was making clear the distinction between the period when means of production were gathered into the hands of certain groups , who then used them as capital and thereby began the process of the accumulation of capital , and reproduction o f capitalist relations of production . |
| 6 | Starting at about 4,000ft , the Vimy rapidly lost height , Jack fighting to hold the joystick , they came out of the mist about 50ft above the water and at a dangerous angle . |
| 7 | Euro Disney recovered , jumping 30p to 720p , a bearish statement from Guinness knocked the price down 23p to 502p , while a significant disposal at Lonrho sent the shares to 79p , up 5p . |
| 8 | A stage with four or six legs , holding the platform about 2½ft above the surface to allow for fluctuations in water level , is far better in the long term . |
| 9 | Profits rose 24% to £68.4m on the back of last year 's acquisition of Eden Vale and Express Dairies , with the divi up 5% to 3.4p . |
| 10 | A 9% increase for the year to £111m is expected with the divi up 14% to 16.7p . |
| 11 | It is thought more likely that there will be an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% , or an extension of the scope of VAT to incorporate zero-rated goods , which could net the government about £9bn in extra revenue , or both . |
| 12 | He said that the long-distance part of the network has been costing the government around £11m per year to run : ‘ It has been found by a continued process of review that it is no longer cost-effective for the government to continue running it itself , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Olympic champion Christie , who was flying home to Britain yesterday after an eight-week training stint in Australia , has consistently protested he would not put his new-found sprint supremacy on the line over 60m at the world indoor championships . |
| 14 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 15 | However , a number of small watches have been set up or are in the process of being set up and by the summer about 80% of the village will be covered . |
| 16 | In HWIM the correct phoneme was included in the top two scores of the vector only 65% of the time . |
| 17 | By the end of the year about 90% of everything Kmart sells will be subject to this centralised merchandising system . |