Example sentences of "[prep] a three [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assemblies were passed transnasally without the aid of sedation after a three hour fast . |
| 2 | But after a three hour debate councillors voted to keep the homes open . |
| 3 | Lily Morrison was due to have treatment for a hernia but , after a three hour wait in a side ward , was told the operation has been cancelled . |
| 4 | Pile-up:Two drivers were injured after a three vehicle pile-up in Burscough , Ormskirk . |
| 5 | After a three year stint at the Conservative Research Department , in 1986 she became head of the policy unit at the Institute of Directors . |
| 6 | Singapore 's Raffles Hotel reopened after a three year face-lift costing £55 million . |
| 7 | After a three day trek across the desert , the group reached ground zero , the point directly above the buried bomb , stopping the countdown with only seven minutes to go . |
| 8 | The body of a young climber has been found in the Scottish Highlands after a three day search . |
| 9 | And more than thirty children have returned to school after a three day break caused by a shortage of teachers . |
| 10 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 11 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 12 | Randomised , double blind , double dummy parallel study of normotensive diabetic patients with persistent microalbuminuria ( 30–300 mg/24 h ) treated with enalapril or hydrochlorothiazide for one year after a three month , single blind placebo period . |
| 13 | ENGLAND Under-21 international Gary Owers , back in action after a three month injury lay-off , is determined to win a place in Sunderland 's FA Cup final team against Liverpool . |
| 14 | It would be a great relief to know that after a three week hospital stay , you 'd have £420 on top of your daily benefit of £840 , payable on your discharge . |
| 15 | Picture 2 shows an example of a three row pattern that blends in the colours . |
| 16 | In the future there will be even more codes of practice , as the aim of a three year co-operative research programme on odours , undertaken jointly by Warren Spring Laboratory , local authorities and industry , was to investigate each method of odour abatement and periodically issue further codes of practice for guidance to industries with odour problems . |
| 17 | The new set of ‘ guiding principles ’ are the result of a three year accident programme , begun in 1988 , to strengthen national and international policies in this area . |
| 18 | As in the case of the previous section , the purpose of the section is to give a licensing board a measure of control over licensed premises during the currency of a three year licence . |
| 19 | So when I 'm seeing clients mainly at the end of a , of a three year , fixed-rate deposit , again at five years when we get a National Savings maturing , and so on and so forth . |
| 20 | , personnel secretary at Ipswich , has successfully completed the first stage of a three year course in personnel management at the Suffolk College . |
| 21 | The report , the result of a three year survey and third in a series named Seabirds at Sea , found that more than half of the world 's total number of breeding pairs of Manx shearwater , puffin , gannet and black guillemot live off the west coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea . |
| 22 | The family of a three year old girl who 's suffering from a rare heart condition has set up a support group to help other sufferers . |
| 23 | The man escaped from Coney Hill mental hospital in Gloucester , where he 'd been sent exactly a year ago after being convicted of the assault of a three year old girl in the city . |
| 24 | It marks the end of a three year campaign by the family to have their son receive special treatment . |
| 25 | The mother of a three year old boy believed to have dropped a baby girl who was found dead at a playgroup has expressed symapathy for the child 's family . |
| 26 | This is the third of a three year commitment . |
| 27 | This is the balance of the first of a three year commitment of £10,000 per annum. £4,645 of the first payment was allocated in 1991-92 . |
| 28 | Tools for Self Reliance — a grant of £3,690 was approved for TFSR 's , development education programme as the second of a three year commitment . |
| 29 | Returned Volunteer Action — A grant of £10,737 was approved towards the core costs of RVA as the first of a three year commitment . |
| 30 | Third World First — A grant of £14,350 was approved towards the core costs of 3W1 as the first of a three year commitment . |