Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [num] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immediate choice of king by those Northumbrians responsible for the murder of Aethelred was the ‘ patrician ’ , Osbald , but others recalled Eardwulf , son of Eardwulf , from exile and after only twenty-seven days the royal household and nobles deserted Osbald and he was forced to flee , sailing from Lindisfarne to the kingdom of the Picts as Alhred had done from Bamburgh before him . |
| 2 | But after about two hours the excess amount of insulin in the blood tends to have an effect which is n't at all helpful to the person seeking to control hunger and food intake . |
| 3 | After about ten minutes the game ends , and the team with the largest amount of ‘ heir own food is judged to be the winner . |
| 4 | The trade magazine Electrical Review even did a calculation which showed that if only half the official objectors spoke for just fifteen minutes the hearings would continue well into 1990 . |
| 5 | If that oxygen to the brain should cease for just ten seconds the result is a coma ; after three minutes there is irreversible brain damage . |
| 6 | Gloucestershire is one of only eight counties the Home office says is winning the battle against crime . |
| 7 | Both VGA and Super VGA monitors are supported and the manufacturer 's claim that the Grizzled Skipper accelerator board is capable of almost 30 times the speed performance of the standard VGA controller card . |
| 8 | The windows covering the detectors had to withstand decelerations of over 500 times the acceleration due to gravity on Earth . |
| 9 | For nearly 3,000 years the recording of historical events by the Egyptians was characterized by a preoccupation with royal lists and a lack of precise dates . |
| 10 | For nearly 500 years the people of this area built churches , cathedrals , schools and houses on the Byzantine model and , as time passed , adapted these designs to their own needs . |
| 11 | Giap launched his assault on 13 March ; for nearly two months the fighting raged . |
| 12 | For nearly 50 years the most strenuous activity in Middlesbrough Cycling Club has been snooker , in tandem with bingo in the next room . |
| 13 | For nearly ten years the company flourished and Dronfield thrived , but when the home market for steel rails was saturated and firms had to look overseas for customers the land-locked position of the Sheffield area became a decided disadvantage . |
| 14 | For nearly three decades the bikini reigned supreme . |
| 15 | This would still leave the vaults of the Prado in Madrid with approximately five times the number of paintings that it can display at any one time . |
| 16 | With just 16 rooms the management can extend a friendly , personal welcome , and offer relaxed , warm accommodation . |
| 17 | Loaded up with about 45 pounds the carry was excellent , largely due to the very comfortable hipbelt and harness system . |
| 18 | That 's all and then I I I was looked after the production machinery for about fifteen years the top here . |
| 19 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 20 | For about five seconds the two groups stood regarding each other . |
| 21 | For about thirty seconds the spectacle continued . |
| 22 | It was founded as recently as 1984 , but within only three years the four young players had established an international reputation — a reputation which is now extraordinarily high . |
| 23 | In only five years the Catholic population of the diocese of Dili has increased from 280,000 to 540,000 . |
| 24 | From approximately 10 months the baby progressively overcomes this error and will successfully locate the target . |
| 25 | It is submitted that in just four years the Commissioner and her team have succeeded , to a great extent , in ironing out many of the initial difficulties which were encountered . |
| 26 | In just 15 minutes the connecting rods , piston and foot-valve can be pulled by hand through the pump head . |
| 27 | In just twenty-four hours the fate of an independant brewery and some three hundred pubs will be decided . |
| 28 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 29 | From over 1,000 submissions the three judges , Derek Jarman , Marina Warner and Guy Brett , selected 22 artists , 18 of them women . |
| 30 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |