Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to put this all down to a simple lexical ambiguity , but we should not do so before remarking that while question ( 44 ) can correspond to either version , ( 45 ) can only match the " unacquainted " version . |
| 2 | Right I 'll put some more on in a moment , hold on let me do this little bit |
| 3 | Iridescent sequins attract the light and just a few scattered on to a design are really eye-catching . |
| 4 | In all , some 700 000 out of a population of three million were thus eliminated . |
| 5 | A stage intermediate between these two ideas was reflected in the Companies Clauses Act 1845 which provided that in the absence of contrary provision in the special statute every shareholder had one vote for every share up to ten , one for every additional five up to a hundred and one for every ten thereafter , thus weighting the voting in favour of the smaller holders . |
| 6 | Representing AEA , the six — Kevin Shannon , Mark Davies , Keith Jones , Richard Judge , Chris Wheatley and , of course , Chris — finished joint ninth out of a field of 63 team from all sectors of the electricity generating industry . |
| 7 | A driveway of red earth led to a white two-storeyed mansion , with nine tall windows on the first floor , each leading on to a balcony . |
| 8 | There was a bell-pull connected up to a small porter 's lodge inside . |
| 9 | Arthurton , who survived a strong appeal for a catch behind on 78 , lifted West Indies to 371 all out for a 78-run first innings lead on the third day of the first Test . |
| 10 | ninety nine out of a hundred people go out there and they they 've we 've fixed a date to start and then |
| 11 | We 're taking a hundred and fifty odd thousand out from a budget we have for additional staffing , and we 're also taking |
| 12 | It does provide much of the mechanicals for the Brava pick-ups , now labelled Vauxhall not Bedford , and doubtless will contribute in no small measure to Vauxhall 's new Frontera 4 × 4 due out in a month or two . |
| 13 | Whether he wants to get F M onto the agenda and firm that up as a date for a meeting . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not trying to work all that out for a start , ’ she went on . |
| 15 | ‘ And if you think you 're going to get all that off without a shower , you 're wrong . ’ |
| 16 | Newman 's trained reporter 's eye took all this in in a glance . |
| 17 | We tried to work all this out during a visit on Saturday , but contrived only to become lost . |
| 18 | Terry Hands 's direction whips all this along at a fast pace . |
| 19 | Councillor talked about er spending levels and he may be interested to know that the N U T have done a recent survey of education spending and found to be sixty first out of a hundred L E A's surveyed , so that does n't quite stack up with some of his statistics . |
| 20 | According to official figures 62.26 per cent of the electorate ( an estimated 62,000 out of a population of 2,000,000 ) voted on June 10 to elect 50 members to a new National Assembly . |
| 21 | A ‘ MAGNIFICENT ’ equal third out of a filed of 374 , is how our entry fared in the worldwide competition to come up with a solution to re-seal the ruined Chernobyl reactor . |
| 22 | Only 3 10 out of a possible 750 awards were made between 1978 and 1982 . |
| 23 | I 've just paid three hundred and eighty five over to a certain garage |
| 24 | The most common estimate is between 3.5 million and 4 million , with the Catholic church at around 1 million out of a population of almost 17 million . |
| 25 | By 1980 , after the first two out of a total of four literacy campaigns , the illiteracy rate for the population over fifteen years old had been brought down to 72.2 per cent from 93 per cent at independence . |
| 26 | e.g. " As late as 1911 only 59% of Britain 's adult male population ( some eight million out of a total nearing forty one million ) had the vote , and there were seven different types of franchise , of which the two major ones related to ownership or occupation of land , or of any house defined as a separate dwelling . " |
| 27 | Provisions against Wimpey 's extensive property portfolio and housing land on both sides of the Atlantic accounted for £37 million each out of a total exceptional charge of £114 million . |
| 28 | Adding life peers to the calculation inevitably reduces the Etonian proportion , but Eton still accounted for four hundred out of a total 1,156 , over one quarter of the entire chamber . |
| 29 | I kept the past alive out of a desire for revenge . |
| 30 | 442 all out for a lead of 157 , leaving England again with two days to survive . |