Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Combining the Forestry Commission 's annual squirrel statistics with information from almost half of the 2,300 private companies which own 60 per cent of Britain 's woodlands , the survey reveals that the imported grey squirrels are continuing to encroach on the red squirrel 's territory [ see ED 58 , 61 ] . |
| 2 | Eleven bloody hours I 've driven today . |
| 3 | A group of eight armed civilians who took over the radio station in Antananarivo , the capital , on July 29 surrendered to the armed forces after they failed to win popular support . |
| 4 | 2.3 Semantic constituents which fail the test |
| 5 | We know the approximate age of eight English bishops who were in possession of their sees in 1153 : all of them seem to have lived to be over seventy . |
| 6 | The eight self-contained villages which comprise this modern Club each have their own character but there are no boundaries , you 're free to wander and use all the facilities . |
| 7 | Er one last thing er , do we need so many as eight non-executive directors which also to be paid ? |
| 8 | There are 2 possible states which can be described in this representation . |
| 9 | On human rights , China provided information on 800 political prisoners whose names had been presented by the US side in June , but announced no releases . |
| 10 | For she had learnt during many years of marriage that faking a knock-out early on saved you 12 punishing rounds which you lost on points . |
| 11 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom contributes nine rural monitoring sites to this programme , and in addition has its own Secondary National Acid Deposition Monitoring Network of 50–70 rural sites which can identify regional patterns in precipitation acidity ( figure 4.7 ) . |
| 13 | On Aug. 23 seven of the 12 political organizations which had initially supported Pascal-Trouillot 's appointment declared their support for the Council of State and demanded the postponement of the elections until such time as the safety of voters could be guaranteed . |
| 14 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 15 | Among the issues discussed was compensation for the 800 Volhynian Czechs who moved to Czechoslovakia after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 [ see pp. 34460-62 ] . |
| 16 | Part II of the Legal Advice and Assistance Act 1972 contained provisions which appeared to be designed to give the Law Society power to carry out these proposals . |
| 17 | Mr. Perry also referred to the legislation which governs council houses in Scotland but it is impossible to imply in the Act of 1985 express words which the legislature chose to insert in the Rent Acts and in the Scottish Act ( Housing ( Scotland ) Act 1987 ) but chose not to insert in the Act of 1985 . |
| 18 | Lough Cowey hosted a party of 12 Scottish anglers who had limited success on their first day , taking only 14 fish between them . |
| 19 | The UN also provided half the 800 foreign observers who monitored voting at nearly 6,000 polling stations . |
| 20 | The aim of the Seminar was to give an overview of the British banking and finance industry to the 22 German bankers who attended . |
| 21 | He tabulates data from 12 published studies which show the frequency of aphasia after left and right sided lesions . |
| 22 | A number of the 115 prominent Somalis who signed a manifesto calling for the appointment of a caretaker government to restore human rights and law and order in June were detained and put on trial . |
| 23 | This is due to their large consumption of Omega-3 fatty acids which contain the polyunsaturated fats EPA ( eicosapentaenoic acid ) and DHA ( docosahexoenic acid ) . |
| 24 | Instead of indulging in childish comments about the number of nuclear weapons , what does he say to the 140 non-nuclear nations who signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty ? |
| 25 | ‘ Child 's Eye View ’ features 30 contemporary novels which explore the light and dark sides of childhood . |
| 26 | On the basis of salary , the civil service identifies 12 non-industrial grades which , in order of decreasing salary , consist of seven ‘ unified grades , ’ senior executive officers , higher executive officers , executive officers , clerical officers , and clerical assistants and office support staff . |
| 27 | With forty picked men he was given special powers ; 228 wagons were needed , but only thirty had been sent to Siberia . |
| 28 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 29 | Unless hens have at least 800 square centimetres they will not be able to perform simple preening and stretching movements . |
| 30 | In view of the support and assistance which we have already provided I am not prepared to contribute towards your internal training arrangements or the preparation of the 2 self-study units you are proposing . |