Example sentences of "eight [adj] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the United Kingdom monitoring network , eight low-gain seismographs maintained for such large earthquakes were able to record the peak values of ground motion throughout Britain . |
| 2 | These results agree with those of a preliminary study of eight normal subjects given 200 mg of acarbose after a 380 kcal breakfast , where we had also observed a significant acceleration of MCTT in comparison with placebo . |
| 3 | There are eight technical auditors headed by Henry Lilburn ; all eight were previously clerks of works . |
| 4 | Sabine was among the many girls of Irish descent who entered one of eight regional finals held in Guinness Irish pubs throughout Germany , all culminating in the national final held in the Irish Pub in Berlin 's Europa Centre . |
| 5 | In a short , unexpected speech the King announced that the central commission would be chaired by a judge and would have an Interior Ministry representative and representatives chosen by each of the eight political parties represented in the Chamber of Representatives . |
| 6 | The fact remains that only the American delegation of five members and one of the eight English representatives voted against them . |
| 7 | So with eight of the world 's top golfers within five shots of each other and eight different nationalities represented , the stage was set for the grandstand finish which Hammond Wilde had been dreaming about for the best part of a year . |
| 8 | Dorothy Barlow was one of eight old people presented with Help the Aged 1992 Golden Awards by Dame Barbara Cartland at the London Hilton Hotel . |
| 9 | It was followed by a series of eight weekly sessions held in the early part of Monday evenings examining a range of issues in the area of personal effectiveness at work . |
| 10 | He was one of eight Scottish finalists chosen from employees under the age of 25 and will represent Scotland next month in the national final in London . |
| 11 | Sisley was an Impressionist painter and exhibited in five of the eight Impressionist exhibitions held at irregular intervals between 1874 and 1886 . |
| 12 | There are two bells hung from a stout beam , thought to be from the old church , and eight tubular bells given in 1888 . |
| 13 | Humans have eight separate genes called globin genes ( used for making haemoglobin , among other things ) , on various different chromosomes . |
| 14 | When the UK renewable energy programme began this was regarded as being the most promising alternative method of electricity generation and eight separate teams worked on different methods . |
| 15 | Then seven or eight black-bearded fellows entered with daggers held between their teeth . |
| 16 | The right-wing populist Progress Party is the only one of the eight parliamentary parties opposed to the treaty . |
| 17 | The hoop consists of eight gold wires twisted together , the ends of which have been soldered to hollow loop terminals . |
| 18 | The troupe called the Eight Extraordinary Dancers travelled together in an outdoor uniform that had been supplied : heavy capes , white socks , boots , and , as a symbol of their destination — a beret . |
| 19 | Sixty five thousand training jobs cut , making a grand total one million nine hundred and seventy eight thousand jobs lost . |
| 20 | Last night more than eight thousand fans packed into Edgar Street to watch United beat non-league Woking in their third round replay … it was one-all after ninety minutes … the winning goal came in extra-time and it was scored by Simon Brain … |
| 21 | In April 1990 the bicameral parliament set up at independence was replaced by a single-chamber House of Assembly with 150 members ( 120 elective , 10 traditional chiefs , eight provincial governors designated by the president and 12 other presidential appointees ) and a life of six years . |
| 22 | When the pre-independence Lancaster House agreement on the Constitution expired in April 1990 , the former bicameral parliament set up at independence in 1980 was replaced by a new single-chamber parliament , the House of Assembly , with 150 members ( 120 elective , 10 traditional chiefs , eight provincial governors appointed by the President and 12 other presidential appointees ) . |
| 23 | In eight major hoards found on French sites and containing coins of Charles the Bald , there are no foreign coins . |
| 24 | The fields will comprise the leading eight in the world rankings at the end of this season and eight more players supplied by the host association or invited by the sponsors . |
| 25 | The choice of theme determines a subset of the eight taught modules taken . |
| 26 | Jimmy Connors ' career holds a record of one hundred and nine singles titles and over eight millions dollars won in prize money alone . |
| 27 | Country Living has joined forces with Time Off , the short-break specialists , to bring you an exclusive tour of the eight Irish gardens shown here , from Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 June . |
| 28 | They had previously won compensation of 1 million yen each for eight former employees dismissed in the ‘ red purge ’ and had set them up in business near the company 's housing project . |
| 29 | It was reported on 14 October that eight sixteenth-century paintings valued at £25 million had been stolen from Weimar Castle in the former DDR . |
| 30 | The two new prisons were in addition to the eight new ones opened since 1985 and another 18 at various stages of completion . |