Example sentences of "an [noun] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An instant hit last year with a mini-LP and the single ‘ Everything About You ’ , they 're probably the best straight rock band in America . |
| 2 | Hereford should be unchanged , but sure of a place is new striker , Darren Rowbotham an instant hit last week and he 's the man that gives us our goal of the week to finish off . |
| 3 | Local authority planning policies might require an applicant to demonstrate first that a proposed development required a coastal location and , if this was the case , to show that recyclable coastal sites had been considered before undeveloped or partly developed coastal sites were targeted . |
| 4 | An alternative introduced last year , is the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education — the C.P.V.E. The aim of this course is to enable students to develop their general education in a broad vocational context . |
| 5 | To attack a U-boat an aircraft had first to sight it on the surface . |
| 6 | But in an interview published last week in the English-language Daily Yomiuri , he expressed confidence that the goal drought would soon end . |
| 7 | As already indicated , laws-of-war considerations may lead writers or policy-makers to advocate targeting missile bases rather than cities — but this might prove in practice an open invitation to compete in nuclear hardware or , even worse , an incentive to strike first . |
| 8 | With such capabilities neither side should have an incentive to strike first . |
| 9 | If necessary , the Arbroath batsman will try to take a year out of college — if that proves possible — which would also allow him to take up an offer to spend next winter playing for Newtons at Stellenbosch . |
| 10 | It 's hoped that up to four hundred civilian staff will be offered new employment when an airbase closes next year . |
| 11 | An insider said last week : ‘ If the new flat-12 3.5-litre engine in the car will run reliably at 17,000rpm , then we 'll go ahead and build a V12 version for F1 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The present mentality on the island emphasises short cuts , expedience and disdain for professional standard , ’ said Edwin Gishel , engineering director for site operations in an affidavit sent last week to his employer , the General Public Utilities Corporation . |
| 13 | I mean , an incident happened last week er the fitter went up They asked the fitter if they could track the belt up on the top . |
| 14 | The IBM Personal Computer Co has formed a team under an executive hired last month from NEC Technologies executive to launch the cheapo Ambras in the US , US PC Week says . |
| 15 | But it emerged after an emergency meeting last night that parliament and government might stave off the crisis by agreeing a compromise to leave the economic reform programme intact . |
| 16 | In an agreement reached last Friday , Lord Einstein O'Neill & Partners , the new agency , will pay WPP $7m in cash , settling all claims and counter-claims . |
| 17 | Mr Brown claims that considerably effort had already been made by BG to encourage competition in the gas market under the terms of an agreement signed last year with the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 18 | By an agreement dated 3rd May 1990 between Mr C A Johnson and the company , Mr Johnson was granted a right to subscribe for up to 5,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the company . |
| 19 | 1 By an Agreement dated 1st September 1989 and made between ( ‘ ’ ) ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , a true copy of which is attached as Appendix I to this Agreement , was granted ( amongst others ) the exclusive rights worldwide to produce , market , promote , distribute , license , sell and support copies of the Core Software known as ‘ ADAM & EVE ’ and associated materials a described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Agreement ( together ‘ the Licensed Software ’ ) and to sub-license these rights to third parties . |
| 20 | It was something of an anticlimax to wake next morning to pale dawn light after a night of sleep unbroken by nightmares or dreams of any kind . |