Example sentences of "six [noun pl] and a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate . |
| 2 | Each of the offences is triable either way and punishable with imprisonment for two years on conviction on indictment , and summarily with six months and a fine to the statutory maximum . |
| 3 | Karsten foresees a mass culling of products in the next six months and a polarisation into four big brands : Guinness ' alcohol-free lager Kaliber , Bass ' low-alcohol market leader Tennents LA , Whitbread 's White Label low-alcohol bitter and his own Clausthaler as the ‘ premium imported ’ brand . |
| 4 | After only eighteen months breathing the dust of the docks , Ramsey taught for six years and a half in a greenhouse . |
| 5 | ‘ The wettest August in six years and a record for rain in September have not diminished the chances of the finest crop to date . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Staff numbers had doubled over the previous five to six years and a programme of change had been thrust upon us by the market , ’ explained . |
| 7 | The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies . |
| 8 | There were six arrests and a number of injuries . |
| 9 | There were six arrests and a number of injuries . |
| 10 | But six shots and a man in intensive care , ’ he added , ‘ makes it reasonably certain that some friend of yours was involved . ’ |
| 11 | Six straps and a slap across the face and I had n't copied . |