Example sentences of "[coord] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dairyman Crick milked six or eight of the difficult ones with his own hands . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Cases within the county court 's equity and probate jurisdiction ( ie those mentioned in s 23 , 24 or 32 of the 1984 Act ) fall outside the remainder of these rules , as do proceedings which , in accordance with the rules laid down in arts 9 and 10 , have no quantifiable value ( art 7(2) ) . |
| 3 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |
| 4 | Under the new format , that goal will be stepped up to seven of the top eight players in each of the nine tournaments or 12 of the top 14 . |
| 5 | ‘ Five or six of the younger lads will be fixed up in Australia , New Zealand or South Africa to further their education in the fame , and we usually reckon to have two or three players on international tours . |
| 6 | Enterprise ( 061-831 7000 ) , for example , has prices from £150 to £200 each in mid January for four people in a studio or six in a one bedroom apartment . |
| 7 | But underlying the oddities is a competent musical framework ; all six have reached either grade five or six in the conventional music syllabus . |
| 8 | All patients leaving psychiatric hospitals have a right to after care services , not just those who have been detained under sections 3 , 37 , or 47 of the Mental Health Act . |
| 9 | It is the plan of agitators and the way of sensational writers to confound the two in one , to talk of ‘ starving millions ’ and to tack on the thousands of the working classes to the tens or hundreds of the distressed . |
| 10 | Mayhew describes a spectrum of these , some quite appalling , with 6 or 7 to a single verminous bed , a few others almost home-like . |
| 11 | Remember to always use simplicity in design and plant boldly in groups of two or three for a strong impact . |
| 12 | Speaking of dunking , I feel I ought to apprise readers of this pert little nipple of an hebdominal magazine of my current orientation concerning the beast with two backs — or three on a good night . |
| 13 | Select two or three with a good reputation and go to see them . |
| 14 | The village contained little more than cottages , but the spirit of the day had been caught … and two or three of the best of them were smartened up with a white curtain and ‘ lodgings to let ’ — and further on in the little green court of an old farm house , two females in elegant white were actually to be seen with their books and camp-stools — and in turning the corner of the baker 's shop , the sound of a harp might be heard through the upper casement . |
| 15 | Well unfortunately we were scheduled to have a meeting erm something like ten days ago and then two or three of the key people had to drop out so I cancelled the meeting because obviously we want the people there who were going to actually get the thing up and running so that we can formulate a first public meeting and I would like erm , you know , now , to establish a working party but again a number of the people who one would expect to be on it are not here and it 's slightly awkward . |
| 16 | This will make it extremely hard for some players to get more than two or three of the 11 games in Australia — and that would not be long enough to evaluate the newcomers ' test qualifications . |
| 17 | Coursework is directed towards the dissertation and is normally assessed by four essays on two or three of the following four areas : the beginnings of Christianity ; contemporary New Testament theology ; historical , philosophical and philological questions relating to the language and text of the New Testament ; the New Testament as literature . |
| 18 | This situation is illustrated in Fig. 3.5 , where the peak static torque for two or three of the five phases excited is about 1.6 times the peak static torque with only one phase excited . |
| 19 | I 'll come up with two or three of the other men and knock on the door . |
| 20 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 21 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |
| 22 | We did n't bother about it much , we 've had one member as being two or three of the latest . |
| 23 | I felt sure the team that won the second division title in 89–90 ‘ d have scored from two or three of the pretty decent corner kicks . |
| 24 | Where many teams would be content to boot the ball deep and far , the Boks have shown that they do n't mind taking a risk or three at the highest level — very exciting and very dangerous . |
| 25 | She wondered how long it would be before Kathy grew alarmed If Clare was n't home and had n't telephoned by two o'clock — or three at the latest — she reckoned that Kathy might phone the police , who would surely find her before long . |
| 26 | Set plants 18in ( 45cm ) apart in the greenhouse border , singly in 9in ( 23cm ) pots , or three to a standard-sized growing bag . |
| 27 | With the help of outplacement consultants and Chartac ( phone : 071–628 7060 ) , which runs regular seminars and one to one discussions , Tanya is optimistic that she will find a job in a medium-sized company in commerce and industry , as number two or three to the financial director . |
| 28 | Only two or three in every hundred forest trees are suitable for logging . |
| 29 | Very few trees in a tropical rainforest are good enough for logging — perhaps two or three in every hundred . |
| 30 | Three subject courses are taken in the first year , two or three in the second and one or two in the third to make seven in all . |