Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of structural fire precautions is to limit the spread of fire within the building or from one building to another so as to minimize the risk to life . |
| 2 | Supplementary benefit or supplementary pension or allowance may be affected immediately on admission or after eight weeks , according to circumstances , and widow 's pension and some other State pensions and benefits also after eight weeks . |
| 3 | If the contract is made for , say , 100 pneumonia cases or for 100 fractures ( or 100 births ) , what happens to the 101st case that comes along ? |
| 4 | As Syme has remarked , ‘ Rome 's peculiar greatness was due not to one man 's genius or to one age , but to many men and the long process of time . ’ |
| 5 | He learnt that he could make love and come both in haste and with impressive slowness , for five minutes or for three hours , without asking either for more or for less time from his partner but fitting in with their timing . |
| 6 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
| 7 | Perhaps one of the best subjects about which to exercise one 's imagination , and any detective urge one may have , is the standing stones , which are to be found all over the island singly , in groups or in one case in an ellipse . |
| 8 | However , the misunderstandings were not only on one side or in one organization . |
| 9 | The reduction by vascular endothelium and infiltrating mononuclear cells was inhibited in cultures with nitrogen saturation or with 1 mM para-benzoquinone . |
| 10 | Also some ratios are fairly crude eg Index of Labour Turnover , which shows the position in gross terms and gives no indication as to whether turnover is spread throughout the organization or is heavily concentrated in one department or in one occupation . |
| 11 | With not a Thistle player between him and Murdoch or within ten yards of him , he turned and raced through , flanked by three colleagues , to pick his spot . |
| 12 | 5 Date of service of the statutory demand ( para 4 of the petition ) : ( a ) In the case of personal service , the date of service as set out in the affidavit of service should be recited and whether service is effected before/after 1600 hrs on Monday to Friday or before/after 1200 hrs on Saturdays : see RSC Ord 65 , r 7. ( b ) In the case of substituted service ( otherwise than by advertisement ) , the date alleged in the affidavit of service should be recited . |
| 13 | perhaps in six months or in sixty years erm facing the same kind of problem again er I , I can erm I have close experience with a situation on my , on my own patch which rises from time to time an and is most unpleasant for the people in and it goes back if I might say so an and therefore the planning considerations that have been mentioned need to be paid attention to . |
| 14 | The egalitarian implications of this announcement led the Governor-General of Moscow to ask the tsar for clarification , with the result that on 30 March Alexander made the oral remarks which are usually taken to represent the beginning of the emancipation process . |
| 15 | Approaches were then made to Brian Cubbon , the Permanent Under Secretary at the Home Office responsible for criminal matters , with the result that within three weeks of publication the Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw announced to the House of Commons that because of continued unease about the case and after discussions with the Lord Chief Justice , he had ordered the release of Cooper and McMahon from prison . |
| 16 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
| 17 | It must also be borne in mind that in 685 Ecgfrith was able to invade through Strathmore as far as Nechtanesmere ( Dunnichen ) , near Forfar , which will have been in the more northerly kingdom of Circinn ( between the Isla and the Dee ) . |
| 18 | At baseline plasma prorenin was higher and the ratio of active renin to prorenin concentration lower in the subjects included in the study than in 22 controls of comparable age ( 426 ( 449 ) ng/l v 207 ( 75 ) ng/l ( p=0.04 ) and 0.040 ( 0.046 ) v 0.126 ( 0.047 ) respectively , ( p=0.0012 ) ) . |
| 19 | Mr Butler told the hearing at Berwick-upon-Tweed that after two rehearsals the main jump went ahead over Brunton Airfield , Northumberland . |
| 20 | On occasions I looked at the casualty cards myself and identified potential clients that for one reason or another were not referred to me . |
| 21 | Beyond any such differences of interpretation , in any case , there was a common recognition that in one form or another large numbers of people in the post-revolutionary societies of Europe and North America had begun to take part actively and consciously in the construction and reconstruction of their societies . |
| 22 | He took the remedy and within ten minutes was fast asleep again . |
| 23 | In late October , after the Chancellor proposed certain tax increases , the FDP left the coalition and on 30 November , without their support , Erhard was forced to resign , his party divided , his foreign policy questioned , and even his reputation as an economic wizard tarnished . |
| 24 | The child was allowed into the bedroom and for two hours she watched her father die . |
| 25 | The Accounting Standards Board ( the Board ) accepted the recommendation and on 9 November 1992 issued Financial Reporting Exposure Draft No. 2 ‘ Amendment to SSAP 15 ’ Accounting for deferred tax ’ ’ ( FRED 2 ) as part of the normal process of consultation . |
| 26 | He came to Bedale and after 12 years was transferred to Ripon . |
| 27 | He also admitted driving recklessly , at excessive speed and with 79 micrograms of alcohol on his breath , 39 over the limit . |
| 28 | Accordingly , under the Djibouti Agreement Mr. Mahdi became the interim President and on 6 August 1991 he appointed Mr. Qalib as his prime minister , apparently , in the absence of a nomination by the S.N.M. Mr. Qalib then appointed ministers to serve under him . |
| 29 | She closed her eyes and in three minutes she was asleep . |
| 30 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |