Example sentences of "[noun sg] hole in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When complete , it should fit snugly into the entrance hole in the side of the box . |
| 2 | It is one of those inexplicable events that a rabbit hole in the middle of a field can be gassed and its population exterminated , the hole filled in and cultivated over the top , yet , even after the passage of a number of years , a rabbit will go to that exact location and restore the old system . |
| 3 | Two chimney sweeps were killed by carbon monoxide gas while attempting to seal a sweep hole in the chimney of a boiler . |
| 4 | Several second row contenders such as Zoran , Thomson and Philips are struggling to capture a sizeable foot hole in the market . |
| 5 | The load forces were taken by the centre hole in the wheel resting on the flange on the end of the axle . |
| 6 | As a result of high-altitude measurements made in the winter of 1989/90 by Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition , scientists at Colorado University published findings in September 1990 indicating that the ozone layer above the Arctic was seriously depleted " although there is as yet no ozone hole in the Arctic " . |
| 7 | High altitude measurements made by the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition team last winter provide evidence that " although there is as yet no ozone hole in the Arctic " the protective layer of gas over the North Pole has been found to be seriously depleted . |
| 8 | It had a wide brim and a small ventilation hole in the top like a chimney . |
| 9 | The observation hole in the cell occupied by Mr McLeod had been blocked , said the sheriff . |
| 10 | She left twelve pence on the floor and Bill put it in the cubby hole in the fireplace and Gary says whose is this money and Arthur was going to pick it up an'all , he says leave that he says that 's for Enid 's money . |
| 11 | Large envelopes or packets and registered letters are stored in a separate place and a notification slip ( Fig. 6.1 ) is placed in the appropriate pigeon hole in the letter rack asking the guest to collect it either at the reception desk or enquiry office . |
| 12 | His face screwed up in agony , and from behind him there was a hiss of escaping air through the bullet hole in the window . |
| 13 | But why is there a bullet hole in the brim ? |
| 14 | He felt a sticky wetness on his left leg , glanced down and swore as he saw the bloodstain spreading downwards from around the bullet hole in the denim . |