Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a three [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Singapore 's Raffles Hotel reopened after a three year face-lift costing £55 million . |
| 2 | The efficacy of the alcohol project and the non-punitive paradigm is demonstrated by the results reported from a three year evaluation study covering 152 offenders . |
| 3 | As effective economic policy can hardly be judged in less than a three year period , and political affiliation is also a long-term question , it seems entirely reasonable that aid should be committed over a three year period . |
| 4 | Their combined list size was 250739 and from this population a total of 897 attacks was reported over a three month period . |
| 5 | Pile-up:Two drivers were injured after a three vehicle pile-up in Burscough , Ormskirk . |
| 6 | A 32 year old Asian man presented with a three week history of poor appetite , weight loss , diarrhoea , sweating , tremor of the hands , and paraesthesia in the extremities and face . |
| 7 | A 35 year old Asian man presented with a three month history of progressive weakness of his hands and legs associated with distal sensory disturbance . |
| 8 | In June 1986 , a 34 year old man presented with a three month history of progressive dysphagia and an associated weight loss of 10 kg . |
| 9 | TWO people were critically injured in a three car crash on a back road near Woodham , Newton Aycliffe . |
| 10 | One such trip was during the first week that Mr. Shipsey started his business — the bakery door was open and Dad and I stood and watched the proceedings , I gazed in amazement as the tin loaves were drawn from the oven , trays of currant buns brought out , brushed with sugar water applied by a three inch brush and doughnuts sprinkled with sugar . |
| 11 | The children were assessed on two occasions , each separated by a three months interval . |
| 12 | Six countries bordering the Black Sea — Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey and the Ukraine — have agreed on a three year programme to tackle pollution of its waters , after an international scientific group warned that it faced ecological death unless urgent measures were taken . |
| 13 | Archivists have embarked on a three year project to meet the growing public demand for access to ancient documents . |
| 14 | Coal and flour supplies still had to come by cart , the flour deliveries to Cheltenham being transported by a three horse team and covered wagon . |
| 15 | What we 're actually lo doing here is those of longer members who remember we used to have a thing called the area health authority which was proposed in a three tier structure by a corporation called the McKenzie corporation at great expense charity governed by three quarters of a million pounds to invent structure of the National Health Service nineteen seventy two some years later they came back and said , well give us another million pounds and we 'll go back and look at it again , and say actually we were wrong , and they abolished the areas , and produced districts ! |
| 16 | Percentage of time allocated to each category ( calculated over a three week period ) . |
| 17 | Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers . |
| 18 | The commission is likely to be made up of three to four members and will be appointed for a three year period . |
| 19 | Glentoran 's Neil Candlish , looking like his old explosive self , hit two in eight minutes and made a third for Damien Kelly with a superb cross , as the Glens swept into a three goal interval lead . |
| 20 | They consisted of three different , nutritionally balanced menus which were served in a three day rotation . |
| 21 | From one month and four month rates we can derive the three month interest rate which , if prevailing in one month 's time , would lead to the same return being achieved from investing either in a combination of a one month deposit followed by a three month deposit , or in a four month deposit from the outset . |
| 22 | They arrived at midday and after a delicious lunch were entertained by a three piece band . |
| 23 | The HP 9000 Series 890s running HP/UX and the HP 3000 992s running the proprietary MPE operating system take HP right into the mainframe space , with performance claims set at around 400 transactions per second , an entry-level price of $335,000 ( £265,000 UK ) combined with a three year cost of ownership of $2.7m against $15m for IBM . |
| 24 | Breeding is best achieved in a three foot tank with plenty of retreats for the female to use during the preliminary courtship , during which the male can become quite violent towards her and any other tank occupants — including the unwary fishkeeper 's fingers . |
| 25 | Following his death in January 1970 , an estate auction was held over a three day period the following September . |