Example sentences of "[prep] 20 [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It costs £65 , but to receive one of 20 we have to give away write |
| 2 | At the age of 20 she took an overdose when she thought a boyfriend was about to desert her . |
| 3 | At 20 he went to the New Musical Express , and edited it through the 1970s , when it became the bestselling rock mag in Britain , with a rich crop of young writers such as Julie Burchill , Tony Parsons , Danny Baker , Paul Morley and Charles Shaar Murray . |
| 4 | At 18 he was earning 8s , at 20 he was earning 14s , then in August 1910 , his seven years being served , he was earning 32s . |
| 5 | At 12 , Michael Green could read a balance sheet ; by 20 he had his own company . |
| 6 | It is very evident in any binoculars ; with × 20 I always feel that I can begin to resolve its outer edges . |
| 7 | Zeta has a K-type spectrum , but even with × 20 I can see little colour in it . |
| 8 | It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars . |
| 9 | Using × 20 I have suspected it — the integrated magnitude is given as between 7 and 8 — but not with certainty , and there is nothing else of any real interest in Lacerta . |
| 10 | With × 20 I have found that near maximum its colour is very clear , and it is detectable with lower magnifications . |
| 11 | It appears as a dim blur with low magnification , but with × 20 I can see individual stars in it . |
| 12 | I have heard reports that it can be glimpsed in binoculars , but even with my × 20 I have been unable to find it — though it is clear enough in a 15-cm reflecting telescope , and I can just make it out with my 7.6-cm refractor . |
| 13 | Even with × 20 it shows up as nothing more than an elliptical blur , more or less devoid of detail , though it is possible to see the smaller companion galaxy M32 close beside it . |
| 14 | Præsepe , nicknamed the Beehive , is one of the finest clusters of its type ; it is easily visible with the naked eye and is well seen with × 7 binoculars , while with × 12 and × 20 it is truly glorious . |
| 15 | Binoculars show it in the guise of a glittering diamond ; with × 20 it is almost dazzling . |
| 16 | With × 20 it is easy , though I have not been able to obtain any definite resolution into stars without using a telescope . |
| 17 | It is easily visible with the naked eye , and is striking in binoculars ; with × 12 there is some resolution of its outer parts , and with × 20 it is seen to be starry . |
| 18 | With × 20 it is almost resolvable at its edges , but not quite — at least to my eyes . |
| 19 | It is large , rich and compressed , but it is only of the eighth magnitude , and I find it very difficult with × 7 and not really easy with × 8.5 or × 12 , though with × 20 it is obvious enough . |
| 20 | It is easy to identify with × 7 , and with × 20 it is not greatly inferior to M13 in Hercules . |
| 21 | With × 7 the colour contrast between the two Thetas is noticeable , and with × 12 or × 20 it is striking . |
| 22 | With × 20 it is not hard to locate , somewhat to the northwest of Zeta and in the same field with it ; I can glimpse it with × 12 and suspect it with × 8.5 , though I have never been able to see it with any lower magnification . |
| 23 | With × ] 2 it is just in the field with Alpha ; with × 20 it is out of the Alpha field , but much more prominent . |
| 24 | Another open cluster is NGC 6940 , in the same × 7 field with Epsilon and 41 Cygni ; with × 20 it is still in the field with 41 . |