Example sentences of "[num] [noun] of [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , it follows therefore that at L 2 units of labour the average product is at a maximum . |
| 2 | After 12 years of negotiation the half mile footpath from Jepsons Gate to Alance Bridge , Anglezarke has been upgraded to bridleway status — this means that both cyclists and horse riders may use it . |
| 3 | During the first 12 weeks of pregnancy the amniotic sac is surrounded by coelomic fluid in the extraembryonic coelomic cavity , which is a derivative of the extra-embryonic mesoderm . |
| 4 | After nearly 10 hours of debate the Federal Assembly on April 22 approved by 144 votes to 33 with 47 abstentions the friendship treaty signed with Germany in February 1992 [ see p. 38777 ] . |
| 5 | During the first six months of pupillage the fledgling barrister is not allowed to accept briefs . |
| 6 | During three days of talks the Japanese chief negotiator , Noboru Nakahira , reiterated Japan 's position that there could be no normalization of ties until North Korea signed the nuclear safeguards accord ( NSA ) with the International Atomic Energy Agency and accepted inspection of its nuclear facilities . |
| 7 | During the first three years of life the young child will venture out from and return to the secure base of a parent 's presence when conducting expeditions into unfamiliar territory . |
| 8 | There the indigenous law was unwritten , and although the Board of Kandyan Commissioners , relying on assessors , at first attempted to enforce Kandyan criminal law , within fifteen years of annexation the same mixture of Roman-Dutch and English law which prevailed in the Low Country was generally applied . |
| 9 | AFTER more than nine years of negotiations the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the sea ( UNCLOS ) ended last December in Jamaica . |
| 10 | After 13 years of development the latest flight tests showed that the system , which costs an estimated $9 billion , was ‘ marginally operationally effective and marginally operationally suitable , ’ according to a recent declassifed navy report . |
| 11 | One aspect of Peter the Great 's reforming energy in the early eighteenth century , which had an indirect effect on the population dynamics of Siberia , was his massive use of convict and forced labour on his gigantic construction projects in European Russia , in particular the building of St Petersburg , the digging of canals and the fortification of new ports and harbours , like Rogervik , on the Baltic . |
| 12 | ( b ) ( i ) Calculate a value for the gas constant , R stating the units given that the density of argon atom at s.t.p. is ( ii ) Use your value from ( i ) to estimate the average kinetic energy of an argon atom at 273 K , given that for 1 mole of gas the total kinetic energy of the gas molecules equals |
| 13 | If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act . |
| 14 | However , Microsoft says its projected sales of one million copies of NT the first twelve months it 's out are not highly dependent on Pentium . |
| 15 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 16 | In its first twenty or thirty years of life the new Board was rather more active than the Lords of Trade ; between 1720 and 1760 effective executive power passed to the Secretary of State in charge of relations with France and southern Europe , though the Board still served as the main clearing house for the American pressure groups which could keep up London connections ; in the last twenty years of its life , when Gibbon was a member , it was as complete a sinecure as he could have wished because power had now passed to the holder of a new Secretaryship of State . |
| 17 | On the A sixty four east of York the outside lane closures are still in place this morning between Grimsdon and Hopgrove . |
| 18 | As the trial was a comparison of two systems of care the prompted care group subjects could be referred through the system to hospital outpatients , while the hospital clinic group patients could consult their general practitioner for diabetes related reasons . |
| 19 | After about 20 minutes of use the average colour monitor has warmed up and stabilised and , at this point , Adobe suggest you adjust the colour balance so that it matches a progressive colour bar that you get from your printer . |
| 20 | After some 20 months of negotiation the Chinese and UK governments in July 1991 issued a memorandum of understanding on the construction of the system [ see p. 38340 ] . |
| 21 | At about seven months of age the average baby is quite skilled at removing obstacles to prehension ; is well able , for example , to pull a cushion away to reach a rattle behind it . |