Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A look at Victoria circa 1951 , before electrification had arrived on the scene . |
| 2 | Does n't the Polly Harvey cover photo resemble an NME cover pic of Siouxsie Sioux circa '82 ? |
| 3 | An Arsenal player could be the genetically engineered bastard son of a dangerous liaison between Luke Perry and Paul Newman circa 1966 and he 'd still look like Pee Wee Herman in his pyjamas if he was playing away |
| 4 | An Arsenal player could be the genetically engineered bastard son of a dangerous liaison between Luke Perry and Paul Newman circa 1960 and yet he 'd still look like Pee Wee Herman in his pyjamas if he was playing away . |
| 5 | DRIVER DEAD 3 DAYS |
| 6 | Let's be plain here — the Sugarhill Gang circa 1979 dressed in Huggy Bear hipsters and hairy chests were the genuine NYC article . |
| 7 | In the ELISA technique only one of 68 Crohn 's disease patients was positive for perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies . |
| 8 | The Keyhole KH-11 I , which has vastly improved visual sensors , is said to have the ability to see objects only six inches long on the ground and to be able to read number plates on cars driving along Russian streets or identify one mullah from another in Iran by measuring the size of their beards . |
| 9 | By clicking its tongue , a Rousettus bat can locate objects only 0.5 millimetres across while flying at high speed . |
| 10 | This is determined by the Diving Operations at Work Regulations 1981 , which state that for diving operations below 50 metres , a diving bell will be used , and that divers shall breathe mixed gas . |
| 11 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |
| 12 | higher than the grant alone two years ago . |
| 13 | A folk hero , a man who could draw climbers literally hundreds of miles just to sit in the same pub and hear him sing and play his accordion . |
| 14 | Jordi had been in Salamanca only one day but he had found out where I was living . |
| 15 | For C 2v molecules only one of the inertial axes is defined by symmetry . |
| 16 | The hierarchical reductionist , on the other hand , explains a complex entity at any particular level in the hierarchy of organization , in terms of entities only one level down the hierarchy ; entities which , themselves , are likely to be complex enough to need further reducing to their own component parts ; and so on . |
| 17 | Sgr A West contains 60 M and ; of ionized gas and may be associated with atomic gas having a mass perhaps five times greater . |
| 18 | Also with other beacons often within receivable range on frequencies only one kHz apart , sometimes if the aircraft is somewhere between the two , both become unusable . |
| 19 | Both Bryant families were strong Methodists and those who complain today about racism can have no idea of the gulf between Church and Chapel only seventy years ago . |
| 20 | In many cases the amount of section measured was considerably less than 500 ft ( 150 m ) with the average being 216 ft ( 63 m ) ; numbers of mean values used varied from two to six and in 27 cases only one value could be utilised . |
| 21 | In each of these three cases only one animal at a time was sacred , chosen for its special markings , and it could act as an oracle for the god . |
| 22 | In some cases only two or three people are seen in the course of a week ; in others , there are two or three social contacts in the course of each day . |
| 23 | In some cases only two weeks notice need be given to the tenant , e.g. for rent arrears cases . |
| 24 | Out of 72 cases only 20 resulted in the ministry obtaining compensation or remedial work at no cost to themselves . |
| 25 | I know that 's difficult to provide erm , and the money 's got to be found for that , but it , it 's a mixed blessing putting elderly people into , a lot are put into our homes , which I agree are very good the majority of them , they 're very nice , but the people who 're put into them , they give up their own homes , and then they get a bit better six months later , and they say , ooh , I just want to go back to my home now . |
| 26 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 27 | By late March only seven of a reported 571 oil well fires had been capped and it was estimated that it might take a further three years to extinguish all the fires . |
| 28 | Despite the routine use of cyclosporin only two patients had a plasma creatinine concentration above 175 µmol/l . |
| 29 | However , as there are only six notes in the system it is obvious that in four-part harmony without octave doublings only two notes can remain unused in each chord , and in five-part harmony only one note ; in six-part harmony all notes are used in each chord , even though the registers change . |
| 30 | They are not very long-lived : the oldest cows are about 17 years of age and the bulls perhaps 13 . |