Example sentences of "[prep] a [num] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outer Space has come to ground at Arbikfini , after a nine month gallery orbit via the Laing in Newcastle , Ferens in Hull , and Camden in London . |
| 2 | One of the most successful stage acts is making a controversial comeback after a fifteen year break . |
| 3 | Part of the M-forty motorway in Oxfordshire is blocked tonight after a fifteen car pile in which at least one person has died . |
| 4 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
| 5 | In healthy subjects the rise in plasma PYY was 4 ( 1 ) pM after a 530 calorie breakfast , 24 ( 5 ) after a 1200 calorie meal , and 49 ( 10 ) after ingestion of a large dinner . |
| 6 | The rise was the second largest on record , after a 142 point bounce in October 1987 when the market recovered from the Black Monday crash . |
| 7 | It showed that more than 10% of normal pregnant women had two hour glucose concentrations after a 75 g glucose tolerance test of more than 8 mmol/l and were thus labelled as having impaired glucose tolerance . |
| 8 | He enjoyed the life of a country landowner , looking after a 3,000 acre estate around Wormelow . |
| 9 | Sprengel completes its museum after a thirteen year gap |
| 10 | ‘ Alan George ’ was one of a batch of locos built to toil at Penrhyn Quarries in North Wales , withdrawn in 1953 after a 70 year working life . |
| 11 | After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners . |
| 12 | The function was hosted by the agency for the US businessmen , who fly home today after a five day golfing trip organised by the Northern Ireland Partnership . |
| 13 | Stevens was put clear by No 8 Mark Watson 's excellent floated pass after a five metre scrum , and scored unopposed . |
| 14 | The Institute itself has recently reopened after a five year refurbishment which included the installation of a new metal and glass roof and the conversion of the former tapestry gallery into one suitable for displaying pictures . |
| 15 | It gives the brief papers to a conference on problem adolescents , held after a five year exchange of child care policy makers , practitioners and researchers from England and the Carolinas . |
| 16 | Lester Piggott today returned to the saddle after a five year exile in which he 's concentrated on training . |
| 17 | English fans could find themselves alongside rival Hungarians when Manchester United lead football league clubs back into Europe tomorrow after a five year absence . |
| 18 | After a five week training course the crews will be deemed qualified for most low-level missions . |
| 19 | They were made after a five month investigation codenamed Operation Hydra into the theft and use of credit cards throughout the south-east of England . |
| 20 | Sometimes we have emerged after a four hour session praying for revival to gulp down the night air with such joy and satisfaction as can only come when we know we have been with God . |
| 21 | Prince Rupert and his army then launched a successful attack on the town on Thursday , 2 February , 1643 , imprisoning 1200 Parliamentarians after a four hour battle . |
| 22 | It will be the first event at the castle since it reopened to the public last month , after a four year interval . |
| 23 | Kevin Gallacher , Coventry 's leading scorer , could return after a four match absence through injury and it is that department which , according to manager Don Howe , has dragged Coventry into the relegation fray . |
| 24 | But after a four month lay-off the people who have to open them can get rather out of practice , so they 've been sharpening their skills against each other . |
| 25 | After a four week microchallenge with 100 mg/day of gliadin ( roughly equivalent to 200 mg of gluten or to 2.5 g of wheat flour ) there were minimal morphometric changes in the jejunal histology . |
| 26 | TRANMERE Rovers manager John King dismissed promotion talk after a 3-0 home win over Southend lifted Rovers to third in the first division . |
| 27 | In the patient with Hodgkin 's disease , isolated oesophageal lymphoma was the first relapse after a 13 year interval free of disease . |
| 28 | The most spectacular mock accident was in 1984 , when a nuclear flask was virtually undamaged after a 100 mph rail crash . |
| 29 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
| 30 | Glenn Hoddle sprung a surprise by playing himself after a 5 month injury lay-off and in the opening minute Swindon were crowing ; just 30 seconds had gone , when Shaun Close set the match rolling with a freak of a goal . |