Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes a change from the 1989/90 accounts which contained a full page of audit qualifications . |
| 2 | ‘ We will have no difficulty in getting the fifty signatures we need for a Special General Meeting . |
| 3 | That makes over fifty ponies he 's sold this year that he claims took part . |
| 4 | The Christian Social Union ( CSU , part of Kohl 's coalition government ) and organizations specifically representing the 12,000,000 Germans who fled what became Polish territory after 1945 , had called for the treaty to include a " right of return " , and for German " topographical designations " to have official status in the traditional settlement areas of the German minority in Poland . |
| 5 | After fifty-five minutes there was the gentle tapping of bubbles . |
| 6 | new liners and that in the eight hours we were on shift . |
| 7 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 8 | Within eight hours she had developed central abdominal pain , vomiting , and distension . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ On one day , the water ran dirty for eight hours it was impossible to drink , you could n't make tea and washing was filthy . |
| 10 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 11 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 12 | Anyway , this somebody must of given her the idea , I think it was our local doctor oh you 'll be alright you know , you have to have to have them in forty eight hours you see so |
| 13 | I carried out tests and after eight hours he said he wanted to go home . |
| 14 | During the course of the year there were only eight cases which got widespread coverage and sustained coverage of several days . |
| 15 | This was a particularly important assumption in that many lenders , forced by deregulation of financial markets to fight for business , offered borrowers loans at multiples of three or even three-and-a-half times their gross salary . |
| 16 | Although we had only a very limited range of local newspapers , half ( 69 ) of the 138 cases which appeared in only one newspaper appeared only in the local newspapers . |
| 17 | Following reconsideration of each issue in the light of comments received , the IASC issued a Statement of Intent on the comparability of financial statements in July 1990 , which sets out 21 E 32 proposals which will be incorporated in revised IASs without substantive changes , and five E 32 proposals that have been deferred pending further work on financial instruments . |
| 18 | Early in the day there was a break of eleven riders who were joined by another five and the group gained an advantage of nearly four minutes . |
| 19 | And then after fifty minutes you do the melt the |
| 20 | The Student 's Book is divided into eight projects which take the form of eight issues of the magazine , ‘ Hot Dog ’ . |
| 21 | Indeed , four of the eleven cases which got sustained coverage resulted in an acquittal . |
| 22 | After eleven minutes it looked as though the changes would work , when John headed into the net from a centre by Hulme . |
| 23 | one hour and eleven minutes it said on there |
| 24 | What does the Minister intend to do about the 1,719 prisoners who are being held in police cells ? |
| 25 | Well we 've got the eight contestants we 'll play the game , it 's Guess the Voice and there 's some super videos on offer and er it 's Guess The Voice of the funny man , good videos on offer , Grenville Granville of Mansfield Woodhouse . |
| 26 | Trees such as poplars , elms , limes and oaks account for much shrinkage in soil and should not be closer to the building than 1.5 times their own height . |
| 27 | Heavy runners count as those weighing , in pounds , more than 2.25 times their height in inches ( men ) or two times ( women ) . |
| 28 | We should not only lose , against eight times our numbers , but we might well tempt the Forteviot garrison to come out and rescue us , and the fort would be taken . ’ |
| 29 | It 's about eight times he 's taken himself out . |
| 30 | After that , of course , Tuathal had had to drop his attack and race to be first over the river , since he could not face eight times his number in the open plain between the Glen and the crossing . |