Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outlook page 25 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Tootal rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July ahead of next week 's MMC report on Coats Viyella 's £395m bid . |
| 2 | We could go for eight days between fill-ups instead of having to brim the tank every four days , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 4 | It runs at the same speed — 8.33 MHz — but can handle 32 bits of data instead of 16 . |
| 5 | Men , if they are still fit on retirement , will have another fifteen years of life ahead of them , whilst women will mostly outlive their husbands and have a further twenty or more years ahead . |
| 6 | Buy one pattern for £4.65 instead of the normal price of £7.65 ( a saving of 39 per cent ) . |
| 7 | In the case of Annbank-Mauchline , the reopening allowed an enhanced schedule of Knockshinnoch-Ayr coal trains to be covered by one pair of locomotives instead of two . |
| 8 | The peak figure of 160 thousand divorces in 1985 reflects further legislative change in 1984 ( the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act ) , which allowed couples to petition for divorce after one year of marriage instead of three . |
| 9 | Komatsu has built a robot with eight ‘ legs ’ that move four at a time to propel the machine at 200 metres per hour regardless of obstacles . |
| 10 | Again , it 's only two tickets per cheque regardless of membership cards ( makes you wonder why they have 'em really ) . |