Example sentences of "[adv] an [adj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | correct , I would estimate that during five years of any Parliament as we see earnings increase perhaps an additional 500,000 people would be swept into this disreputable proposal from the Labour Benches . |
| 2 | The government , in effect , was guaranteed perhaps an extra two years in power . |
| 3 | The bedrooms look out over picturesque Ravello whose main square is only an easy five minutes walk away . |
| 4 | Decorate with dill sprigs and serve with light caraway rye bread , if desired ( approximately an extra 70 calories per small slice ) . |
| 5 | If you do not weigh for a year and you eat just an extra 500 calories each day during that time , you will have put on a full 45 lb ( 21.8 kg ) ; rather a nasty shock ! |
| 6 | With only thirteen degrees of wing sweep sea-level maximum speed is still an exhilarating 349 knots IAS ( although is 400 knots and max Mach is a surprisingly high .82 ) . |
| 7 | There is also an additional 3000 machine , the 990/100 using a 48MHz chip , taking the entry-price of the 3000 range ( more expensive than their HP-UX equivalents ) down to $365,000 — the 9000s start at $335,000 . |
| 8 | There is also an optional 4 mm ( ⅛ ) thick glass top with a smooth edge . |
| 9 | In the USA , where HIV first spread primarily among homosexual or bisexual men and injecting drug users , there were now an estimated 100,000 cases attributable to heterosexual intercourse . |
| 10 | The increased seating capacity which would be provided by even an extra fifty coaches leaving a town over ten to twenty years , at a time of rapid urban population increase , points to how tiny a fraction of the population ever travelled by stage coach . |
| 11 | A quick comparison of the two line standards is enough to demonstrate how even an extra 100 lines of definition can greatly enhance the sharpness and colour of images . |
| 12 | And I think one can say that , by general standards , Proust was physically ill , and emotionally unbalanced , despite his increasing social successes , and even an unexpected twelve months spent , as a volunteer mark you , in the French army . |
| 13 | Today an estimated 150,000 people are stung each year but less than 1 per cent of these attacks prove fatal . |
| 14 | So we get him back and he gets maybe an extra six months for going over the wall . |
| 15 | In the early days the Manning conference was quite an informal one day session , but as the service grew and the numbers of boats and crew members complicated the issue it was found necessary to extend to two days . |
| 16 | And then she said to me Mrs gives us erm sometimes an extra ten pound , she gets a Y T S allowance |
| 17 | Sailing conditions were perfect all the way , and we were back there again an unbelievable thirty-six hours later . |
| 18 | Yet an estimated 600,000 homes will be needed in the South-east by the turn of the century . |
| 19 | And yet an remarkable 50 people applied for the recent job at Wigan Athletic a team relegated to the Third Division last season and with five of their best players out of contract . |
| 20 | There are currently an estimated 45 day-centres in Flanders , many of which are linked to residential facilities . |
| 21 | Currently an estimated 1,600 vessels carrying fuels and other hazardous materials pass through the strait annually . |