Example sentences of "[num] [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
| 2 | Catharsis there 's nothing like reflecting in tranquillity to help heal those wounds , and most of them were pretty bruised by the nineteen eighties ' experiences of the recent crop . |
| 3 | There were old roses climbing up these walls and other old roses in borders — I mean really old ones , not nineteen twenties ' and thirties ' ones which catalogues count as old . |
| 4 | CONGRATULATIONS TO the 600 Group on the official opening of SCAMP — Six Hundred 's Computer Aided Manufacturing Project . |
| 5 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 6 | Well no , if you remember they they 've just started now a review of nineteen ninety three 's reorganisation because everything that moved from Newark to West Bridgford has moved back again |
| 7 | What criteria , I mean , will you use to determine whether or not you actually erm , take those into account in determining nineteen ninety two 's figures ? |
| 8 | ‘ You talk of the eight twelves ' energy bolts as if they were alive , ’ remarked Jinkwa . |
| 9 | The small , dimly lit plastic tent was crammed with survivors from the eight twelves ' second attack : soldiers who had been pulled from the wreckage of their half blasted tanks with feet missing or shells split . |
| 10 | It is doubtful whether even one of the eight twelves ' living bullets could have cut through the atmosphere created by the Doctor 's words . |
| 11 | right tell us about the M sixty three 's surveys sweetheart , how many roadside interviews do you think we 're gon na have to do ? |
| 12 | Nineteen seventy seven 's summer was a total washout and that would tend to push people perhaps more towards guaranteed sunshine in the Mediterranean . |
| 13 | so there were nineteen eighty eight 's statistics , some were the year before |
| 14 | It was smaller than I thought it would be for two-and-a-half grand 's worth , but then what do I know ? |
| 15 | The grouping formalised the situation by creating four essentially geographically based companies , even though they did stray into one another 's territories . |
| 16 | Etiquette requires more or less continuous competition among diners to keep one another 's tea-cups topped up . |
| 17 | The two sides will use one another 's networks for correspondent banking . |
| 18 | Both large and small versions of many sections coexisted , but did not communicate with one another , or even know of one another 's presence . |
| 19 | They would go to one another 's flats , have supper in a bistro , go to a film , or sit at home with bowls of spaghetti , chatting and watching television . |
| 20 | Merson had the opportunity to extend Arsenal 's lead when Gough and Butcher misread one another 's intentions but , in keeping with the general tone , he was well off the mark . |
| 21 | Merson had the opportunity to extend Arsenal 's lead when Gough and Butcher misread one another 's intentions but , in keeping with the general tone , he was well off the mark . |
| 22 | Frequent moves , combined with the anti-social nature of the American home , have created suburbs full of people who scarcely know one another 's names . |
| 23 | DEJECTION , elation and worry followed fast on one another 's heels . |
| 24 | In a way , this is like the Japanese method : a community of firms tied to one another 's fortunes . |
| 25 | The young men of my own age twirling their canes , pushing into one another sideways , tilting one another 's hats , made me angry — was it because they at least had achieved contentment , and I only contempt ? |
| 26 | But we would fall asleep in one another 's arms — that romantic image which is in reality so uncomfortable and painful . |
| 27 | We never tried to see one another 's faces : that would perhaps have spoiled the purity of the experience . |
| 28 | We slept together , in one another 's arms . |
| 29 | It seems that the calls [ of horses ] are highly individual and mothers and foals in particular can recognize and respond to one another 's voice . |
| 30 | The twins , I was relieved to see , made a charming sight , crouched underneath a cot taking it in turns to lick one another 's ears . |