Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When police caught up with him , they found the 27-year-old living in two realities . |
| 2 | He also outpointed Raymond Armand , the Frenchman from whom Hodkinson took the European title in two rounds . |
| 3 | Some of them chanted ‘ Gorby , Gorby ’ in what was described as the largest protest in 35 years . |
| 4 | In a later study carried out with left-handers classified in the same way as before Warrington and Pratt ( 1973 ) calculated language to be lateralised to the left hemisphere in 26 patients , to the right hemisphere in 9 patients and uncertain or bilateral in 2 patients . |
| 5 | The cheese will generally be of the right consistency in 12 hours if the cream is thoroughly good and the weather not too warm . " |
| 6 | All this will effect the private investor in two ways . |
| 7 | It differs from the other consumer goods in the private market in four ways . |
| 8 | Top seed Seles , who has three Grand Slam titles among her nine tournament victories this year , finished off the 14th-ranked Tauziat in 50 minutes , and would have been in the locker room even sooner but for a lapse in concentration during the second set . |
| 9 | When this meeting broke up at about 8.15 I took Mr Murray aside to remind him that he was scheduled to broadcast from our CHAB studio on the top floor in 15 minutes . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's ballot was widely seen as a test of strength for Mr Meciar , whose hand-picked candidate last month outpolled his opposition rival but failed to garner the required three fifths majority in the 150-seat house in two rounds of voting last month . |
| 11 | To its critics , it can argue that this is in the German interest in three ways . |
| 12 | The transhepatic route was used in 15 patients and the transperitoneal route in 10 patients . |
| 13 | The clinical features of the 73 patients included in the study are detailed in Table I. Ulcerative colitis involved the entire colon in 21 patients , the left colon in 12 , and was confined to the rectum in eight . |
| 14 | Endometriosis was the principal diagnosis in 142 women and an additional diagnosis in 171 . |
| 15 | They also agreed to send observers into potential flashpoints of neighbouring Kosovo and Macedonia to prevent a repeat of the civil war in two regions that have so far escaped violence . |
| 16 | This was the lowest level in six years . |
| 17 | Ozone concentrations in the atmosphere above northern Europe , Russia and Canada were 12 per cent below normal in winter and spring 1992 , the lowest level in 35 years of continuous monitoring , according to the World Meteorological Organization . |
| 18 | In August , inflation had reduced to 1.5 per cent , the lowest figure in 17 years . |
| 19 | Some of the fiercest fighting in 14 years of civil war took place during February and March 1990 in the battle for control of the south-eastern town of Mavinga , held by the South African-backed Uniao Naçional para a Indepêndencia Total de Angola ( UNITA ) . |
| 20 | Oesophagitis was still present at the second endoscopy in three patients and the treatment had to be continued for a further four to six weeks , when a third endoscopy confirmed complete healing . |
| 21 | The second election in two years was fixed for July . |
| 22 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 23 | It 's the second escape in three months . |
| 24 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 25 | He was the second man in two days to ask me that . |
| 26 | Dave Heath got the fourth … the Wildcats finally stirred thanks to a goal from Bryan Larkin … the Kings kept going though … they led by 10-1 in the third period before Swindon came back with four late goals … it finished 11 … 5 … with fists flying as tempers flared towards the end … the second leg in two weeks time at Swindon should be a scorcher |
| 27 | It proved to be Gooch 's day ; with Slack he put on 89 for the second wicket in seventeen overs , setting the foundations for the later onslaught . |
| 28 | Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes . |
| 29 | The woodland shimmered , was still — a moment 's stifling summer silence , then the howl of the new season , a freezing wind bringing death and shedding so that for the second time in two minutes the land was drenched with fallen leaves and snow . |
| 30 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |