Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An E European bird , only vagrant in N Africa , best distinguishable from Collared Pratincole when lifts wings at rest to reveal black underwing but also lacks white-edged secondaries. 10 in. ( 25 cm . ) . |
| 2 | There had reportedly been no profit from Kuwait 's total $5,000 million investment in Spain , and KIO 's worldwide losses were said to be estimated at $5,000 million in 1992 . |
| 3 | Capacity : 1.1 cu ′ 1,000 W with nine power levels , auto-defrost and weight defrost , weight cook , auto re-heat , auto-repeat , pre-set function and memory key . |
| 4 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 5 | The previously-announced £1 billion cost of rationalising BAe 's heavily-loss-making regional aircraft division led to a £1.2 billion pre-tax loss at the aircraft and defence group in the year to December . |
| 6 | c & h engineering -v-f klucznik & son ( no 2 ) ( 1992 ) fsr667 , aldous j. cl aug 93 . |
| 7 | Serves you right you red nosed , gobshite , pissed-up old dosser. 44 days , 44 days … |
| 8 | In a report on the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in US academic centres , only 58.7% of all post-infarct patients were taking daily aspirin 10 days after the index infarction . |
| 9 | Moors , tundra marshes , arctic heaths ; in winter on farmland , estuaries , muddy seashores. 11 in. ( 28 cm . ) . |
| 10 | This included $125,000,000 in emergency food aid , $240,000,000 towards the promotion of private enterprise and a $200,000,000 contribution to a an IMF-backed $1,000 million fund for the stabilization of the zloty agreed by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) countries ( and co-ordinated by the European Commission ) . |
| 11 | The RAF 's robust and reliable workhorse. 25 years of service to Queen and Country . |
| 12 | Marshes and marshy river valleys ; in N Africa on high plateaux. 38 in. ( 96 cm . ) . |
| 13 | Last year we cracked an ex-display tank in this office — that was an adequate 6mm three footer and we had placed it on polystyrene tiles on top of two filing cabinets which were less than even . |
| 14 | On rising 2 glasses mineral water Breakfast Fruit salad 100g ( 4oz ) poached kippers black tea or coffee Mid-morning black tea or coffee 1 piece of fruit Lunch 100g ( 4oz ) cold lean meat tasty salad 1 glass fruit juice black tea or coffee Mid-afternoon 2 glasses of mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal omelette made with 2 eggs herbs and olive oil selection of green vegetables lightly cooked On rising 2 glasses of mineral water Breakfast 1 whole grapefruit 2 rashers lean bacon , 3 mushrooms fried in 15ml ( 1 tbsp ) olive oil 1 glass fruit juice Mid morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 100g ( 4oz ) canned tuna or salmon ( in brine ) large crunchy salad 1 glass fruit juice Mid afternoon 2 glasses of mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal 1 large or 2 small lamb chops braised in olive oil , with onion celery and carrot with herbs and seasonings green vegetables mineral water to drink On rising 2 glasses of mineral water Breakfast large slice melon 75g ( 3oz ) chicken or lambs ' liver fried with ½ onion 1 glass fruit juice Mid-morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 100g ( 4oz ) minced meat braised with onion , olive oil and vegetable stock green vegetables 1 glass fruit juice Mid-afternoon 2 glasses mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal lentil soup 1 hard-boiled egg and 50g ( 2oz ) prawns or shrimps tasty salad On rising 2 glasses mineral water Breakfast 1 piece of fruit 100g ( 4oz ) smoked haddock 1 glass fruit juice Mid-morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 175g ( 6oz ) gammon rasher peas , green beans and carrots 1 glass fruit juice Mid-afternoon 2 glasses mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal vegetable stock soup bean and green salad 1 glass mineral water b On rising 2 glasses of mineral water Breakfast 1 whole grapefruit 100g ( 4oz ) kippers poached 1 glass fruit juice Mid-morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 100g ( 4oz ) chicken mixed salad 1 glass fruit juice Mid-afternoon 2 glasses mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal vegetable soup lamb shop braised in olive oil carrots and peas On rising 2 glasses mineral water Breakfast 1 orange and 1 apple Mid-morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 2 hard-boiled eggs crunchy salad 1 glass fruit juice Mid-afternoon 2 glasses of mineral water 1 piece of fruit Evening meal 1 pork loin chop , grilled mixed vegetables banana On rising 2 glasses mineral water Breakfast 2 whole fruits chopped together in orange juice 2 lambs kidneys with onion 1 glass fruit juice M Mid-morning 1 glass fruit juice Lunch 100g ( 4oz ) cooked beef peas , carrots 1 piece of fruit 1 glass fruit juice Mid-afternoon 2 glasses mineral water Evening meal bean salad prawns or crab with lettuce 1 piece of fruit |
| 15 | TAYSIDE Region , one of the original partners in the largely-aborted £50 million Dundee Waterfront redevelopment , may be sued for £2.7 million . |
| 16 | SIR — The Italian multicentre study pubished in The Lancet in 1987 investigated the efficacy of subcutaneous low-dose heparin in preventing recurrence of myocardial infarction. 728 survivors of acute myocardial infarction were randomised 6–18 months later to subcutaneous heparin ( 12,500 IU daily ) plus usual treatment ( 363 ) , or usual treatment alone ( 365 ) . |
| 17 | In winter more confined to coast than Herring and Lesser Black-back. 25–31 in. ( 64 79 cm . ) . |
| 18 | Concurrent Computer Corp , Oceanport , New Jersey has launched a Series 7000 Investment Protection Programme under which its customers can buy and install a new Concurrent Series 7000 system and then order the compatible upgrade to the next generation system , which will be introduced later this year . |
| 19 | Back-to-front Unix house Mt Xinu Inc , Berkeley , California has come out with a version of the Mach 3.0 microkernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University as an add-on to its Mach386 product : it runs on Intel 80386 and 80486-based AT-bus computer systems and provides complete Mach 3.0 microkernel source code , a complete build environment which enables users that do not have a detailed knowledge of Carnegie Mellon University system development tools to modify and rebuild the Mach 3.0 kernel , a binary version of a BSD server which makes it possible to run the Mach 3.0 kernel and the BSD server in place of the standard integrated 2.5 Mach kernel provided with Mach386 , source code for many system-specific utilities , which have been modified to operate with Mach 3.0 , and a source-code example of a simple Unix-like server . |
| 20 | Collins 's wife Jill and young daughter Lily have been living in Los Angeles since April in a Tudor-style £5 million Beverly Hills mansion . |
| 21 | The controversial £5 million layout had been put on hold after the Bellgrove accident , in which two people died . |
| 22 | Investigator Ken Randall found Gooda Walker had made unorthodox use of ‘ time and distance ’ insurance policies , which led to a possible £10 million overstatement of profits for 1988 on one syndicate , 290 . |
| 23 | Suppose that the government is able to reduce cash by £1 million ; then with a money multiplier of 10 ( = 1/cash ratio ) , advances must be reduced by £9 million , bringing a total £10 million reduction in deposits and hence in money supply . |
| 24 | That helps Ferguson , torn between letting his back-to-form strike force of Mark Hughes and Brian McClair continue their good work , and giving Old Trafford its first sight of the controversial £1.2 million newcomer . |
| 25 | [ For resolution of the position on the Japanese $9,000 million contribution see p. 38098 ; for German contribution see p. 38109 ; the other principal contributor was the UAE . ] |
| 26 | Central Headquarters 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London W4 3RX Telephone : 081–994 8504 |
| 27 | A 1 per cent growth in real incomes results in an additional £0.5 billion surplus accruing to the Exchequer . |
| 28 | Jamie Redknapp , named Young Eagle of the Month yesterday , and Don Hutchison retain their midfield places with injury-plagued £2.3 million midfielder Paul Stewart among the substitutes . |
| 29 | However , DNA sequencing indicates that the mutation is still present on the pBR322- hsd ts-1 operon . |
| 30 | Therefore , the hon. Gentleman clocked up , for starters , a mere £21 billion burden on employers in the United Kingdom . |