Example sentences of "[num] side [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Roughly how long would it have taken , walking at 4 km per hour , to cross from the fields on one side to the fields on the other side ?
2 She half catches it as it lands to one side of the jacuzzi .
3 So there is the ability to set policy to one side of the circumstances dictate .
4 It 's all this one side of the flats is n't it ?
5 Horst and Jurgen would stand to one side of the diggers and , as each turf was cut and while it was being stacked , they would investigate the hollow from which it had been removed .
6 Each new genetic improvement selected on one side of the arms race — say predators — changes the environment for selection of genes on the other side of the arms race — prey .
7 On one side of the scales are our resources and on the other side the demands that life places upon us .
8 He climbed on one side of the desks , stood on tiptoe , and , forcing up the skylight , eased his head through into the icy December wind .
9 To one side of the pines were ancient olive trees bent by the winds and cicadas buzzed non-stop in the hot night air .
10 Now s You can start you 've still got ta get the every I would get everything over to one side of the equals sign .
11 When the train had stopped , it was found that the child 's body was lying on one side of the rails but his head had been completely severed from the body .
12 The hand gunners deploy to one side of the halberdiers while the swordsmen deploy to the other .
13 His battledress was soaked with blood on one side , his face was a ghastly grey colour with the mouth hanging open , his head was turned to one side with the eyes closed .
14 The parent is captured and its offspring are given the same marks ; one nick on each side of the upper beak for the Vintners ; one on one side for the Dyers ; none at all for the Royal cygnets .
15 The National Sound Archive , which is part of the directorate of Humanities and Social Sciences , is a special case , much involved in most of the issues raised here , but I propose to leave the question of recorded sound to one side for the purposes of this paper , and to concentrate on written and graphic sources for the historian .
16 There were stone steps on one side for the men .
17 However , he confirmed that Argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands , set to one side during the negotiations , would continue to be pursued in international forums .
18 The path through the village , flanked on one side by the backs of the houses and on the other by the looming cliffside , was as pervasively dark as a cave and we kept stumbling over rocks , getting our feet wet in puddles and pools of mud .
19 ‘ The field was illuminated by lights fixed to five standards running down one side behind the spectators .
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