Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Coffee drinkers , have an excuse at last ! |
2 | I have an apartment on Fifth in New York . |
3 | later he was fed minute amounts of donor milk from the milk bank by a nasal-gastric tube , just 1ml an hour at first . |
4 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
5 | He had begun his watch half an hour before first light . |
6 | An index of eighteenth century fire insurance registers |
7 | How about taking an afternoon off next week and driving over with me to have a look round ? |
8 | ‘ In a political system where the processes of government formation and dissolution are often lengthy and byzantine , parliament … is an instrument of last resort , not a household tool . ’ |
9 | The report , citing three unidentified executives familiar with the talks , says that discussions originally extended to the possibility of HP making an investment in NeXT , and NeXT adopting HP 's PA-Architecture RISC chip . |
10 | A host of celebrities from music and showbusiness put their names to an advert in last Saturday 's Guardian , launching a campaign to publicise abuses of power on our doorstep . |
11 | The Manchester-based Alsecure team have backed McGuigan by giving him a free drive in the rally , plus an attempt at next year 's British Championship , but experienced co-driver Allan Whittaker is cautious about the Irishman 's chances . |
12 | The thesis contains a mixture of research in the laboratory and on the road in an attempt to first observe phenomena in actual driving , then explore them in a laboratory setting , before finally returning to actual driving to attempt to validate the laboratory results . |
13 | And Rona Pondick — who must have had an epiphany upon first seeing a photograph of Kurt Seligmann 's 1937 three-legged Ultra Furniture stool — is showing hanging legs , dismembered breasts and fur balls with teeth in them at Jose Freire all this month ( until 5 June ) . |
14 | Bismarck was ‘ unwell ’ and the French emissary was reduced to seeking an interview with First Secretary Thile , who pretended to be totally ignorant of the whole business , which was a flagrant lie , and who said : ‘ In any case there are quite a few Princes … which one is it ? ’ |
15 | Alec had been an F in first year , an F in second year and he was worried — no , perhaps terrified is a better word — that he would end up an F even in his third year . |
16 | Alec had been an F in first year , an F in second year and he was worried — no , perhaps terrified is a better word — that he would end up an F even in his third year . |
17 | Being an F in third year would be very close to hell . |
18 | Writers interested in the ‘ problem ’ of organisation tend not to regard organisational efficiency as an issue of first importance , and writers preoccupied with efficiency usually disregard awkward questions about the social and political impact of organisations . |
19 | P P G three , the revised P P G three when it came out clearly , in my opinion changes the emphasis from the draft P P G three from the draft P P G three , paragraphs thirty two and thirty three which I would emphasize should to be read together , clearly indicates that new settlements are as someone said this morning , sorry , earlier in the discussion today , an issue of last resort . |
20 | However , though this ‘ looks unlikely to be politically feasible in the short-term it may be an issue for next year when ET is fully established ’ . |
21 | I thought the bank had made an error at first . ’ |
22 | WHEN footballer Paul Gascoigne crunched into an opponent during last year 's FA Cup Final the nation 's sportsmen and women winced . |
23 | This book analyses the current position of third parties in international law through an examination of third party claims . |
24 | Ordered to be replayed behind closed doors by the FA after an inquiry into last week 's coin-throwing incident , the game posed as many questions as it answered . |
25 | Allen 's friends spoke out yesterday following an article in last month 's Vanity Fair — over which he is suing — portraying the comedian as an unstable man obsessed with Dylan . |
26 | Here is an article from last nights Yorkshire Evening Press … |
27 | The Builder had an editorial on 19th February which contained extracts from a letter from Scott reasserting that his design was better lit , as convenient and no more expensive than a classical design , and it commented that Scott 's opponents did not understand that he was not intending to reproduce old forms rigidly and he was only willing to introduce ‘ the refinements and inventions of our own day ’ . |
28 | Anyone interested in putting on an event during next year 's Festival should contact the Festival office in October/November for the appropriate form . |
29 | It seems unlikely that they will jeopardise their superior circumstances by combining in an alliance with Third World workers against capital . |
30 | For Chris it was a result he 'll never forget ; for Dennis a reminder that if he 's to make an impact at next month 's world championship , even he will need to do some potting practice . |