Example sentences of "[noun] the [num] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) The parties to the contract The two parties envisaged under the SGA 1979 are the seller and the buyer . |
| 2 | In the February I 987 general election the fifteen counts required in the Dublin South-East constituency were not notably exceptional . |
| 3 | After an hour the two men left with silver and jewellry . |
| 4 | Gerard Fusil was only too aware of the dangers the 175 racers faced between the Caribbean and the Pacific coasts of a country aptly nicknamed the Switzerland of Central America . |
| 5 | The look the two men exchanged spoke more volumes than would fit into any book . |
| 6 | Mr Gibson who has already received permission for a tea shop can now submit separate applications for the visitors ' centre and the conversion of a former smithy into a holiday cottage the two elements supported by councillors . |
| 7 | So that 'd be three times the four sine squared . |
| 8 | After five hours the five judges awarded the gold medal to a sweet wine from the Pilton Down Vineyard in Devon . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ Sven Hjerson went on , ‘ it is in fact , I am thinking , that all those people who might have given that not very well balanced car the one push needed have also possible reasons for wishing the death of Lord Woodleigh . |
| 10 | For months the two men continued as rivals , gently courting Camilla . |
| 11 | At the top of the Exit Cracks the three men stopped for a rest . |
| 12 | In three years the two women retrained and released fewer than thirty orangs . |
| 13 | Their first band was Mitosis , a name the two swots hit upon after learning it was the name of a cell division during a biology lesson . |
| 14 | One day the two men met by chance out on the dunes . |
| 15 | In October the two Kings agreed on a truce until January 1187 but whether or not this was supposed to include the war in Toulouse is not clear . |
| 16 | Many states specified a minimum private income which recruits to their diplomatic services had to have ( for example the 6,000 lire demanded by the Sardinian government in 1856 which continued to apply in the new united Italy , or the £400 required in Britain ) . |
| 17 | So next morning the thousand mosstroopers divided into three sections , two hundred to go with the Regent as decoys , two hundred to hide near Sunlaws ford and the remainder , six hundred , with a score or two of Heiton 's own men , to head for the Kale Water valley where Heiton would place them in position from which they could ambush the pursuit once Murray 's fleeing party was past . |
| 18 | A sudden flurry of shots rang out from the direction of the cainca , confirming the older man 's prediction , and without further argument the two boys turned and followed him into the jungle at a run . |
| 19 | Among the hero 's many adventures the twelve labours imposed by Eurystheus are only listed later ; but the regular list corresponds to the choice here and it is likely that it was in fact these twelve carvings at the heart of Greece 's greatest sanctuary that determined the canon . |
| 20 | However , at a 640 by 480 resolution the 32,000 colours offered by the card are simply stunning . |
| 21 | These are composite statements , each taking into account the four factors identified as relating to difficulty . |
| 22 | In October 1981 when the USSR recognised Malta 's new international status the two states agreed on a series of measures to reduce tensions in the Mediterranean . |
| 23 | The 313 to 112 vote gave Congress the two-thirds majority required to obviate a presidential veto . |
| 24 | In the following two sections the two strategies employed by this model to legitimate corporate managerial power will be examined more closely . |
| 25 | More than six months after surgery the two patients involved have ‘ significantly ’ reduced their insulin injections , according to a report in New Scientist . |
| 26 | If we ask people to rank in order the six goals listed earlier , approximately 60 per cent of the workforce will put their highest value on relationships at work and home and not on advancement or achievement in a career sense , unlike top managers who place relatively much less emphasis on relationships . |
| 27 | At the time the two solicitors worked for different law practices in Kirkwall . |
| 28 | By the time the two sides prepared to meet on the field of Gettysburg , Llewellyn had risen to be the aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee the Confederate commander . |
| 29 | It was a little after ten o'clock by the time the three men gathered in the council chamber over the post office and unrolled the plans on the long oak table . |
| 30 | During Bush 's visit the two sides agreed in principle on the relocation of the US naval logistic command headquarters from Subic Bay in the Philippines to Singapore . |