Example sentences of "twenty [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you reproduce this anecdote some ten or twenty times in different industries , you begin to explain the role of the Plan during this first period ’ ( Delors , 1978 ) . |
| 2 | Once inside , we sat through a fascinating short on turtle-trapping in the Galapagos Islands or some such thing , and twenty minutes of mouth-watering trailers and commercials . |
| 3 | Average response speed tended to decrease over a period of twenty minutes in sleep-deprived subjects , unlike in rested controls . |
| 4 | The twenty heads of British missions abroad in 1816 , when the effects of the country 's long political isolation during the Napoleonic wars were still being felt , had increased to thirty-seven by 1860 ( mainly because of the emergence of new independent states in Latin America ) ; but the changes of the 1860s swept away many of the smaller legations in Germany and Italy , and the establishment of diplomatic representatives in China , Japan and one or two other non-European countries in the second half of the century did not compensate for these losses . |
| 5 | Reptile in charge of Magic Roundabout clearly loathes children after twenty years of roundabout rides , encourages smallest most ill-coordinated kids to perch on top of vast heaving wood and plaster horse in hope that when ride begins movement will hurl child into machinery for ever . |
| 6 | BI TVAS A reverie lasting more than twenty years on geological themes |
| 7 | BI TOSI A reverie lasting more than twenty years on cosmological themes |
| 8 | Twenty years in English prisons . |
| 9 | The Dutch Literary Fund , which administers scholarships for Dutch writers , is now considering twenty applications from Flemish authors . |
| 10 | To assist in the development of the scheme and to ensure that the right equipment is available , the RYA have over twenty fleets of junior boards located around the country for hire to clubs or groups wishing to introduce children to the sport . |