Example sentences of "[prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner . |
| 2 | Atletico beat the Greeks 4–2 on aggregate after a 1–1 draw in Piraeus . |
| 3 | Outer Space has come to ground at Arbikfini , after a nine month gallery orbit via the Laing in Newcastle , Ferens in Hull , and Camden in London . |
| 4 | Subjects were studied after a nine hour fast and the multilumen tube was passed orally and positioned with the oesophageal aspiration ports ( size 8 nasogastric tubes ) 35 cm from the incisors . |
| 5 | GPs are to be warned of the side effects of prescribing steroids to children after a nine year old girl died after taking the drugs . |
| 6 | CHINA yesterday freed three dissidents — including a student , Wang Dan , who topped the most-wanted list after a 1989 crackdown on democracy protests — in a move to check Western criticism of its human rights record . |
| 7 | After a 45 minute equilibration period , salivary oesophageal and gastric aspirates were collected and pooled at 15 minute intervalsfor one hour , and pH and pCO 2 were measured in fresh samples to determine basal oesophageal bicarbonate secretion as already described . |
| 8 | After a 45 minute equilibration period and a further 60 minutes during which time basal salivary bicarbonate secretion was determined , the oesophageal perfusion solution was changed from saline ( containing 12.5 µCi/litre [ 3 H ] PEG ) to 0.1 N hydrochloric acid ( containing 12.5 µCi/ litre [ 3 H ] PEG ) . |
| 9 | After a 45 minute equilibration period , bicarbonate content of the oesophagus and contamination by swallowed salivary bicarbonate and refluxed gastric bicarbonate were measured over 60 minutes . |
| 10 | Part of the M-forty motorway in Oxfordshire is blocked tonight after a fifteen car pile in which at least one person has died . |
| 11 | One of the most successful stage acts is making a controversial comeback after a fifteen year break . |
| 12 | His forecast looked like being correct , which meant that Steve Richardson would make it after a 72 for a total of 143 . |
| 13 | Woosnam had problems on the greens and dropped to six shots off the pace after a 72 . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Britain 's Sally Prosser was only two strokes off the lead after a 72 in the second round of the Republic of China Open , at Chang Gung , in Taipei yesterday . |
| 15 | Singh totalled 136 as he continued to outshine Welshman Ian Woosnam , who had dropped to six shots off the pace after a 72 . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Britain 's Sally Prosser was only two strokes off the lead after a 72 in the second round of the Republic of China Open , at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |
| 17 | Leading Scot was Adam Hunter after a 72 for 291 that gave him a share of 13th place and a cheque for £5,783 . |
| 18 | Sunderland 's last visit to Wembley in a cup competition was the 1985 Milk Cup final against Norwich City , which followed a 3–2 semi-final second-leg victory at Stamford Bridge after a 2–0 win at home . |
| 19 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
| 20 | After a 16 hour fast , rats ( n=16/treatment group ) were sedated by an intramuscular injection of 0.1 ml Hypnorm ( fentanyl citrate 0.315 mg/ml , fluanisone 10 mg/ml ; Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd , Oxford , UK ) and 0.25 mg diazepam . |
| 21 | World No 1 Stefan Edberg coasted into the second round of the Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday after a 6–3 6–4 victory over New Zealander Kelly Evernden . |
| 22 | Hall has a four-shot buffer after her round of 75 while Edmond , who could not play for the Essex ladies in county week due to a wrist injury , is also well-placed after a 77 . |
| 23 | In healthy subjects the rise in plasma PYY was 4 ( 1 ) pM after a 530 calorie breakfast , 24 ( 5 ) after a 1200 calorie meal , and 49 ( 10 ) after ingestion of a large dinner . |
| 24 | These results agree with those of a preliminary study of eight normal subjects given 200 mg of acarbose after a 380 kcal breakfast , where we had also observed a significant acceleration of MCTT in comparison with placebo . |
| 25 | In the first quarter of 1991 exports to former Eastern bloc countries fell by 79.1 per cent and imports from them by 67.3 per cent , whereas exports to hard-currency areas rose by 28.5 per cent and imports from them by 100 per cent after a 58 per cent devaluation in the zloty in January 1990 to a rate of US$1.00=Zl9,500 , and further devaluation in May 1991 to $1.00=Zl11,100 [ see p. 38208 ] . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm playing for the fun I can get out of it for myself , and not for them , ’ said the five-times Wimbledon champion after a 7–5 , 6–2 defeat by Frenchman Olivier Delaitre in the Nice Open yesterday in his first relevant match of this year 's comeback . |
| 27 | The rise was the second largest on record , after a 142 point bounce in October 1987 when the market recovered from the Black Monday crash . |
| 28 | Lyle , with an eight at the 11th , his second hole of the day , never repaired the damage and his 75 after a 71 on Thursday left him perilously placed at two over par , ‘ probably one too many ’ , he guessed . |
| 29 | He was carried off after a fifty fifty tackle with Stuart McCall . |
| 30 | Leeds had a good start in the new competition , climbing to second place after a 7–1 win over Barnsley in October , in which Price got five of the goals . |