Example sentences of "three [prep] [art] four " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost three of every four of the new dollars available next year will go for guns , if the budget is approved by Congress . |
| 2 | Cardinal Cullen succeeded in getting three of the four religious provinces of Ireland to deny the sacraments to the Fenians , and only Archbishop McHale of the province of Tuam failed to toe the line . |
| 3 | Three of the four 1989 major title winners — Open champion Mark Calcavecchia , US Open champion Curtis Strange , and USPGA title-holder Payne Stewart — are missing from the 12-man line-up , along with the world No. 1 , Greg Norman . |
| 4 | Rover has invested £200m on just the development of the all-aluminium K-series engine , which will power three of the four versions of the new 200 . |
| 5 | Real GDP fell in three of the four quarters in the year to September , with output down 6.4% at an annual rate in the third quarter . |
| 6 | McMahon was involved in the build-up to three of the four goals and also came out a clear winner in what was , at times , a bad-tempered midfield confrontation with Batty and McAllister . |
| 7 | Data collected from files yielded a set of variables for three of the four teams on referrals , initial response ( allocation and assessment ) , services provided , and subsequent developments . |
| 8 | Three of the four were partners in Simmons & Sons ( now Simmons & Lawrence ) , the land and estate agents . |
| 9 | With regard to their own work , three of the four women said they had been criticised by White feminists for ‘ too much sex ’ or for ‘ collusion in the exploitation of women for the male gaze ’ , a criticism which they all felt was inappropriate and indicative not just of Western ignorance vis-à-vis questions of representation and cultural difference , but also of institutional and political constraints . |
| 10 | They had found three of the four sacks of potatoes stolen in the gipsies ' camp on Rickling Heath , and one bag of oats , but no trace of the pony . |
| 11 | The Israeli collection also came from a cave , but three of the four British collections are from open sites , in a hollow tree ( Stratton ) , an old house ( Salthouse ) and from beneath a tree ( Barton Turf ) . |
| 12 | Three of the four he had interviewed personally had been evasive , or told outright lies . |
| 13 | Moreover , three of the four illustrations on the publicity flyer depicted pedestrianised zones , an indication — presumably — of the soft-mode bias of the manual and of dramatically changed thinking at the DTp . |
| 14 | When Rowland recently got up on stage with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at London 's Town & Country Club ( reuniting three of the four surviving BP members ) the old songs were greeted with hysteria . |
| 15 | His passing skill was responsible for three of the four goals . |
| 16 | Mortimer Barrett captured three of the four Grand Slam singles championships . |
| 17 | In at least three of the four cases it is the notion of ‘ gender role ’ that ultimately underpins the explanation . |
| 18 | The four singles titles on offer were contested by 15 nations and involved at least one British player in each final — with three of the four crowns going to the home players . |
| 19 | Similarly for Sweden , three of the four variables are found to be significant — although the results generally for that country are less satisfactory than for the other three . |
| 20 | He went on to report that on the previous Saturday , Field 's case had come before Mr.Justice Heath ; three of the four witnesses had been examined and there had been no evidence to prove that the deceased had received blows on her stomach , the diseased state of which organ caused her death . |
| 21 | While this held true for three of the four firms , it was possible to account for the exceptions in firm C because of the business getting practices of that firm , and in particular its brokerage relationship with the land agent . |
| 22 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 23 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 24 | Doug Mood , co-owner of a sawmill in the little Montana town of Seeley Lake , faces losing access to timber from three of the four national forests near his mill . |
| 25 | Away from Stroudwater the industry seems rather to have remained in the hands of independent craftsmen : in eight places where cloth was made , the structure of wealth resembled what was commonly found in parts where it had not taken root , with perhaps three of the four £100 men belonging to the gentry . |
| 26 | This led detectives to conclude that three of the four dead children had suffered potassium poisoning . |
| 27 | Therefore , three of the four documented deaths over the intervening period occurred in those who had survived for at least 5 years after surgery . |
| 28 | Their partnership average of 69 was picked up by three of the four papers ; and the fact that 69 was inferior , among English openers , only to the average of Hobbs and Sutcliffe . |
| 29 | Seventeen year old Ian Vickers again impressed all , winning three of the four super division events . |
| 30 | Reinforced by troops from the sizeable Japanese army in Korea , which crossed into Manchuria without obtaining prior permission from the Japanese government , the Guandong Army had extended its occupation to three of the four provinces of Manchuria by 1932 . |