Example sentences of "a [noun] the [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in poor light our rate can drop below 10 , and in a cinema the 24 frames per second on the film merge into a continuous moving picture . |
| 2 | The cold was already making Gentle 's bruised bones ache fiercely , and in such a condition the two blocks back to Jude 's apartment would be a long and painful trek . |
| 3 | It was a good victory for Lancashire , and as a result the two counties changed places in the County Championship . |
| 4 | For a moment the two girls stared at her , shocked , then Peggy recovered herself . |
| 5 | For a moment the two men fell silent , their faces solemn in the flickering light from the fire . |
| 6 | For a moment the two gentlemen stared at him in perplexity , as he shook his head , bubbling over at some private joke , until he caught the puzzlement on both faces . |
| 7 | In such a meeting the two sides usually have different objectives . |
| 8 | When an electron collides with a positron the two particles disappear , or annihilate , to create a high-energy photon . |
| 9 | For a while the two men were silent . |
| 10 | Their first band was Mitosis , a name the two swots hit upon after learning it was the name of a cell division during a biology lesson . |
| 11 | Joshua left before the end of the Party Chairman 's speech , and took a cab the twelve miles out to Wenlock Manor . |
| 12 | He took a taxi the twelve miles into Brighton , and was dropped off at the Willett Collection , housed in the town 's museum . |
| 13 | In the universe as a whole the two directions of time are indistinguishable , just as in space there is no up or down . |
| 14 | This is an anguiped , a creature the two legs of which are serpents . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a feeling the two plots are a little too similar , ’ said a spokesman . |