Example sentences of "and three [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For a toddler , donning a padded ski suit and three layers of thermals is like putting on a straitjacket .
2 So what they decided to do , they would accept the clinical grading appeals which says that a panel can be up to six members , of three members of management and three members of trade unions .
3 Represented at the meeting were Tony and his mother and sister , assessment centre staff , social work , child guidance and three members of St Augustine 's staff , including the assistant head ( guidance ) and the member of the guidance team that would look after Tony .
4 A Swedish court is today expected to convict Mr Talb and three others of involvement in terrorist attacks on Israeli and American targets in Copenhagen , Amsterdam , and Stockholm in 1985 and 1986 .
5 This year their new year 's dinner was not the traditional pig , but 12 ounces of frozen chicken a head and three bottles of rum to a family .
6 He faced 18 charges of theft and three charges of deception involving a total of £4,560 .
7 The June weather had included rain , sleet and three inches of snow !
8 These included three coats of white priming , four coats of filling up , and one coat of red staining ; three coats of lead , one coat of Kremnitz white , one coat of enamel and three coats of varnish on the white panels and on the chocolate body , two coats of lead , one coat of brown , one coat of lake ( carmine , a very expensive colour ) , one coat of enamel and three coats of varnish .
9 These included three coats of white priming , four coats of filling up , and one coat of red staining ; three coats of lead , one coat of Kremnitz white , one coat of enamel and three coats of varnish on the white panels and on the chocolate body , two coats of lead , one coat of brown , one coat of lake ( carmine , a very expensive colour ) , one coat of enamel and three coats of varnish .
10 The risk of leukaemia or non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma was significantly increased in children whose fathers had been thus monitored : four fathers of cases and three fathers of controls had been issued with monitoring devices before their child 's illness was diagnosed ( relative risk 8.0 , p=0.02 ) , and of these , three fathers of cases and two fathers of controls were monitored before their child 's conception ( relative risk 9.0 , p=0.047 ) .
11 The mother was just out of sight around the corner in the kitchen making Mr Wormwood 's breakfast which always had to be two fried eggs on fried bread with three pork sausages and three strips of bacon and some fried tomatoes .
12 Probably , therefore , Cameron ( 1986 ) is right when , after summarizing five areas of agreement on effectiveness and three areas of conflict , he concludes that ‘ agreement about effectiveness is mainly an agreement to disagree ’ ( p. 544 ) .
13 There were two paintbrushes and three pots of paint .
14 The Guadalajara explosion led to the arrest , on charges of criminal negligence , of four local executives of the state oil company PEMEX , the city 's mayor Enrique Day Flores ( who had gone into hiding ) , the Jalisco Secretary for State and Rural Development Aristo Mejía Durán , and three directors of Guadalajara 's water and sewage system .
15 , Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth ( 1848–1867 ) , poet , was born 8 February 1848 in Guernsey , the youngest in the family of one daughter and three sons of William Harcourt Isham Mackworth [ Dolben ] and his wife Frances Dolben , a distant cousin , who was joint heiress of the manor of Finedon , Northamptonshire , an estate they rebuilt extensively .
16 , Clementina Maria ( 1853–1922 ) , campaigner for social and industrial reform for women , suffragist , and writer , was born 27 July 1853 in Brighton , the eldest girl in the family of five daughters and three sons of David Black , solicitor , town clerk , and coroner of Brighton , and his wife , Clara Maria , daughter of George Patten [ q.v. ] , portrait painter to the prince consort .
17 , Charles Philip ( 1887–1958 ) , cricketer , was born 9 March 1887 in Battersea , London , the eldest son and second child in the family of four daughters and three sons of Matthew Orlando Mead , wharf labourer , and his wife Louisa Hannah Mann of Battersea .
18 , Ethel ( 1863–1918 ) , botanist , was born at 45 Regent 's Park Road , London , 28 October 1863 , the third daughter in the family of three daughters and three sons of Henry Sargant , barrister and conveyancer of Lincoln 's Inn , and his wife Catherine Emma , daughter of Samuel Beale , MP for Derby .
19 The list of witnesses to the grant of Meilhan included Arnaud-Garcie de Goth , vicomte of Lomagne and Auvillars , the pope 's nephew ; Arnaud de Caupenne , knight ; Amanieu de Sescas , Guillaume-Raymond de Gensac and Bertrand de Sauviac , esquires ; and three citizens of Bordeaux .
20 The condemned man had failed to eat a hearty breakfast , and lunch had consisted of two tacos and three cups of coffee .
21 Our expenses in running these teams include league and club entry fees , referees fees , refreshments , nets for goals , footballs and three sets of kit and changes of kit , in case of a colour clash .
22 They lace using four sets of D-rings and three sets of hooks .
23 The pair on the day were evenly-matched , with three sets and three hours of play required to separate them .
24 ‘ It was tough , ’ he said after 12 miles and three hours of canoeing against a two mile an hour current .
25 And twelve river-miles and three hours of marching lay between Scone and Dunkeld , Crinan 's monastery , Cormac 's monastery .
26 At first the ramp was set up without any flat bottom or platforms and three feet of vert , the ramp remained like this for about half a year .
27 On Sept. 13 , 1991 , the Bank of France announced that it was returning to the Baltic states between two and three tonnes of gold which had been deposited in 1932-36 .
28 This , along with the fact that two governments and three groups of licensees , consisting of 12 parties , are involved , has meant that a host of legal and commercial agreements have had to be drawn up .
29 One molecule of ammonia contains one atom of nitrogen and three atoms of hydrogen .
30 Discrepant entries of peak expiratory flow accounted for 15% of those made on the appropriate day , and three quarters of patients made at least one discrepant entry .
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