Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . |
| 2 | At first sight it is difficult to reconcile this finding with those of Sachs ( 1967 ) and Garrod and Trabasso ( 1973 ) that recognition memory for the surface form of sentences disappears within 40–60 syllables of input . |
| 3 | AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE 92 PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE FEATURED IN THE LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN IN 1989 AND 1990 — 39 ARE NOW FREE ! |
| 4 | The prosecution alleged that the men had been responsible of 222 acts of terrorism which it then reduced to 193 . |
| 5 | Figure 6.1 Projections of school pupils in England ( maintained primary and secondary schools ) |
| 6 | The Friend Teesside group was formed four years ago to provide a counselling and advice service and last year received 597 calls for help . |
| 7 | Conservative governments since 1979 have brought in eight Acts of Parliament which have steadily constrained union power . |
| 8 | There are eight acts of creation , each introduced by the words " and God said … |
| 9 | Eight pairs of sea eagles attempted to breed in Scotland this year , with four pairs successfully rearing a total of five young . |
| 10 | Figure 5 shows eight pairs of DNA histograms of crypt epithelia of FAP cases . |
| 11 | The buses run on batteries which have to be charged fifteen minutes every hour and eleven hours at night . |
| 12 | An English team drawn from deaf football clubs in Newcastle , Leeds , Sheffield , Nottingham , Stoke and Manchester , accompanied by hundreds of supporters , made the trip to Glasgow ( eleven hours by train from Manchester ) , and the match was played in excellent weather conditions at Ibrox Park before about 3,000 spectators and resulted in a 3–3 draw . |
| 13 | One plant had to get light for eight hours per day and the other one had to get light for sixteen hours a day , so another wheel at this end did this job when this went around so many times . |
| 14 | However , purchasers should not be concerned about part-time employees ( less than eight hours per week ) as they can not claim unfair dismissal rights . |
| 15 | To allow for those contingencies I think it right to allow the commercial rate for the twenty eight hours per week in inverted commas , parental care , rather than a discounted rate . |
| 16 | This takes between six and eight hours per month in each bureau . |
| 17 | The water was very cold , it took eight hours to film and eight days for Duncan 's head to lose that ‘ prune ’ look . |
| 18 | As well as providing legislative protection , it underpins the collective agreement which provides for a basic shift of seven and a quarter hours plus winding time for underground workers and eight hours for surface workers . |
| 19 | Puts those strange beings who hang out in London 's Forbidden Planet to shame : at the big bookstores in Tokyo 's student district , some will stand there reading Rapeman for eight hours on end |
| 20 | If you exclude the eight hours on average spent in bed each night , then you could be spending around 65 per cent of your entire waking life in one form of sedentary position or another . |
| 21 | It 's thirty six to forty eight hours of standby |
| 22 | We just use whatever plane we can for as long as it takes : Singapore in eight hours of helicopter flight , Egypt in 50 . |
| 23 | It may well strain belief that eight hours of enjoyment can make primary school children comfortable with chemical ideas that are being chopped out of GCSE syllabuses , yet this much and more can be achieved by challenging a teaching tradition that is almost as unhelpful to chemistry as phlogiston was . |
| 24 | EIGHT hours of athletics at Bebington on Saturday will go a long way to deciding who goes on a two-day trip to Blackpool next month . |
| 25 | Eight hours of election result coverage will be followed by ‘ Goodbye to the Old Days ’ . |
| 26 | Our breath is moist and our sweat evaporates ; one person ‘ produces ’ a quarter of a litre of water during eight hours of sleep , and as much a litre and a half during an active day . |
| 27 | The most important thing to remember is that a foal should get adequate colostrum from the mare in the first four to eight hours of life . |
| 28 | Judge John Helman dismissed the jury after the foreman reported that , after eight hours of deliberation , there was no prospect of an agreed verdict . |
| 29 | The exchange value of eight hours of labour will therefore be £10 and this will equal the value added by the worker to raw materials . |
| 30 | Eight hours after admission he suddenly deteriorated , with severe respiratory distress and increasing left chest signs . |