Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres . |
| 2 | He died in 594 or perhaps a year later . |
| 3 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 4 | Wycliffe said : ‘ In 1931 , as I work it out , Garland would have been twenty-one and already a husband and father . ’ |
| 5 | The aim is to stabilise CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 , with a tax equivalent to $10 on a barrel of oil , beginning with an increase of $3 in 1993 and then a further $1 a year until 2000 . |
| 6 | → When you buy goods or equipment you have a legal right to expect them to comply with any description applied : leather not plastic , solid wood and not veneer , or in this case a ‘ 67 and not a 1974 model . |
| 7 | Easington 's MP from 1970–1987 and now a ‘ full time ’ member of the Lords , he moved house solely because of travelling problems . |
| 8 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
| 9 | It would , however , be too simple to portray antislavery after the late 1830s as purely a scene of contending sects more concerned with maintaining their own kinds of purity than achieving anything practical . |
| 10 | Among those aged 85 or more a similar proportion of those with and without living siblings had been admitted to a home at some stage but among those aged 75 — 84 more of those without any such relatives had been admitted : 30 per cent compared with 17 per cent . |
| 11 | Since oestrogen is a potent inhibitor of bone resorption , we investigated changes in calcium metabolism in women with hot flushes. 37 postmenopausal women ( at least 9 months after the last menstrual period ) were divided into groups according to the frequency of hot flushes over 4 weeks : ( A ) subjects without flushes ( 18 ) , and ( B ) with less than 2 ( 7 ) , ( C ) 3–9 ( 6 ) , and ( D ) 10 or more a day ( 6 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ For management data it 's no good having a five , six or even a 20 dimensional database , ’ he says , ‘ because that 's not the way data works . |
| 13 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 14 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 15 | So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible . |
| 16 | Figure 11.18 shows the percentages of pupils ( boys and girls taken together ) in each sector gaining three or more A levels ( important for university entry ) , in England and Wales in 1951 and 1981 . |
| 17 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 18 | So for example , in the specialist air defence er side we 're looking at alternatives would be the F twenty two erm the current tornado F three and also an upgraded variant of the F three . |
| 19 | At the secondary-school stage it becomes less a partnership between all three and more a matter for the individual student and his or her advisers , whether from inside the school or outside . |
| 20 | The maize or Indian corn is what you may well be most conscious of here , a crop introduced into the western Pyrenees in the 1600s and long a staple there , occupying now nearly half the cultivated space . |
| 21 | He missed only two fixtures in 1990–91 and obviously a grand future lies ahead of him . |
| 22 | Frank is still just 21 and why a very talented young player ca n't be in the clubs future plans i ca n't understand … |
| 23 | First recorded in 1960 and possibly an offshoot of the Fishbourne colony . |
| 24 | , Thomas ( fl. 1589–1638 ) , land surveyor , was certainly practising by 1589 and possibly a year or two earlier . |
| 25 | The seed planted in the good soil produced thirty , sixty and even a hundred times the original sowing . |
| 26 | They managed to raise three thousand and now a businessman , who does n't want to be named , has stepped in and paid the rest . |
| 27 | Two cars are drawing up outside Number 17 and quite a lot of people are going in the front door . |
| 28 | With the same 14 mm bait I will now be using a size 4 and possibly a size 2 . |
| 29 | In the current political climate , an official strike would count under Condition 17 but not an unofficial one . |
| 30 | It is , therefore , sometimes a little difficult to keep up-to-date , for although what is found may not be in the area being researched by the local historian concerned , it may , nonetheless , have a bearing , for the style of housing suggested for one place may be typical of that formerly existing in another , ten or even a hundred miles away . |