Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anti-EC groups , backed by businessmen , have been campaigning for a ‘ no ’ vote and are six to eight percentage points ahead in the polls . |
| 2 | By December 1989 agricultural exports had increased by 12 per cent , having gained ground in all the USA 's top 10 export markets apart from the EC , where sales dropped by 13 per cent . |
| 3 | The addition of three roof windows close to the eaves of this upper roof-slope at a slightly shallower pitch than this surface ( Plate 10 ) . |
| 4 | The addition of three roof windows close to the eaves of this upper roof-slope could then augment the daylighting of the upper-level studio that enters through the newly-glazed original eaves-level pitching hole of the east elevation . |
| 5 | Support for the 35 Zephyr systems out in the field is likely to be sold off or sub-contracted out . |
| 6 | Even people who claim to remember dreams every morning only recall their most recent dream , and any dreams they may have had during the two or three REM periods earlier in the night , or even during REM sleep , are completely lost . |
| 7 | There were two or three granite steps up to the front door which had a grubby ‘ Closed ’ notice hung behind its glass panel ; no bell , and no other door . |
| 8 | He did n't mind responding to a panic call at such a late hour , especially not when it meant transporting three microwave ovens up to the Hall and so getting an advance peek at the preparations . |
| 9 | We took three Hairflair readers along to the Schwarzkopf London Academy to try these new professional products — the results were stunning ! |
| 10 | The 21 state Governors along with the President form the Council of States . |
| 11 | The 21 state Governors along with the President , the Chiefs of Staff and other members of the AFRC form the Council of States . |
| 12 | The statement follows in the wake of a study by the Australian based Rainforest information Centre ( RIC ) revealing that submissions had been received from only 22 of the 316 logging operations underway in the country . |
| 13 | In addition to the 35,000 UK personnel already in the Gulf area by the outbreak of hostilities — comprising the main 1st Armoured Division and support , naval and air units — extra servicemen and servicewomen and equipment were deployed to the area during the latter half of January ( including three battalions to guard Iraqi prisoners of war who might be taken ) , bringing the total , when all such forces were in place , to about 42,000 ; there were also another 7,500 in the Mediterranean and in the near east . |
| 14 | Varig knows Brazil best , being able to serve you efficiently through 170 branch offices all over the country , with connecting flights to 77 large towns and leading cities in Brazil and South America . |
| 15 | ITALIAN clothing company Benetton published photographs of 58 sex organs yesterday in the latest of its shock advertisements . |
| 16 | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD James Spreng , captain of Stewart's-Melville XI , and his brother , Gerald ( 15 ) , who plays in the same side , have been selected for the Under-18 and Under-16 Scotland squads respectively for the home schools ' internationals in Cork at the end of next month . |
| 17 | There was great excitement at the MacIntyre Home when Kate Humphries , Trainee Teachers , took ten Medau girls up to the London Barbican Physical ‘ 84 Exhibition last October . |
| 18 | Packaging and handling charges do not come cheap , so what 's the point of paying for ten plastic packets along with the extra labour when you could buy one box containing 100 hooks and save up to 33 per cent ? |
| 19 | A thirteen year old Belfast school girl swallowed seventy to eighty paracetamol tablets probably in the my Christ ! |
| 20 | Let's see if England can win four Triple Crowns in a row and win six Five Nations titles outright in the next decade . |
| 21 | 4.13 HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS AWAY FROM THE HOME |
| 22 | Five saddle horses along with the mud wagon were standing in front now instead of three . |
| 23 | Interestingly , the C terminus of the protein is located only 8 amino acids downstream of the end of the POU HD . |
| 24 | The officers ' overcoat was of an Ulster pattern in dark blue cloth , with a deep collar , and two side pockets just below the hips . |
| 25 | Fix the two side windows on to the bus with a little royal icing . |
| 26 | I think the most interesting point here is the tax charge which is two percentage points down on the year before and that really is prior year adjustments , there are other pluses and minuses but that 's a significant reason . |
| 27 | Next to the Matons came two small two storey houses also in the ownership of the church . |
| 28 | A million nature lovers all over the country are being asked to show how much they care for the countryside in an innovative challenge from the RSPB . |
| 29 | As the north mound contained wood felled no earlier than 958 , not more than twenty or thirty years at the most seem likely to have separated the construction of the mounds and the earliest church , and the positioning of the larger of the two rune stones exactly between the mounds . |
| 30 | The match organiser had a 2 lb chub first cast and continued with steak under his 5AAA waggler four rod lengths out at the top of the road stretch . |