Example sentences of "[num] [noun] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The percentage of sales accounted for by each of these market segments is given below : At the 1986 level of demand the company was operating at full capacity , but today it has an excess of manufacturing capacity . |
| 2 | It was also the dullest October since 1976 with an average of just 2.4 hours of sunshine a day . |
| 3 | Lions , wildebeeste , giraffes , buffalo and boldly-marked birdlife dot the dramatic landscapes in a country where almost eleven months of sunshine a year is all but guaranteed . |
| 4 | Each family of refugees receives 30 kilograms of grain a month , with 5 kg of dried milk or other protein supplement . |
| 5 | The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution whose report finally prompted the government to make its decision , estimates that some people are taking about 300 micrograms of lead a day from their drinking water . |
| 6 | For their work , the male inmates got 2 oz. of tobacco a week and the girls had sweets . |
| 7 | At er L 2 units of labour the slope of the ray from the origin right , is tangent to our total product curve . |
| 8 | Beyond L 2 units of labour the slope of the ray from the origin on the total product curve starts to fall . |
| 9 | Okay , it follows therefore that at L 2 units of labour the average product is at a maximum . |
| 10 | However , on 30 June we were told in response to inquiries by the court that she had not taken solid food since 21 June and that , although she had maintained a fluid intake of 12 cups of tea a day , her weight had dropped from 39 kg. on 16 June to 35.1 kg. on 30 June . |
| 11 | A 20 per cent tariff was already imposed on " dollar banana " imports into the EC ( though not on those from African , Caribbean and Pacific — ACP — countries ) except in Germany ( which consumed 1,300,000 tonnes of bananas a year of an EC-wide total of 3,300,000 tonnes ) where no tariff was levied . |
| 12 | The 2140 machine prints 98.5 feet of paper a minute and can produce half a million cheque books a month . |
| 13 | The consortium hopes that Greater Manchester , which generates 2700 tonnes of rubbish a day and is fast running out of holes in the ground to dump it in , will be interested . |
| 14 | Today a combine harvester can produce 30 tonnes of wheat an hour , flour and bread can be produced in a matter of minutes and , in no time at all , the bread reaches the supermarket shelf fresh and ready for consumption . |
| 15 | It had a designated capacity of around 1,100,000 tonnes of steel a year , of which about half was destined for domestic use and the rest for export . |
| 16 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 17 | The long , white sandy beaches are clean and open , the sea is blue and inviting , and the climate boasts 300 days of sunshine a year . |
| 18 | In 53 percent of cases the ambulance reached the patient within eight minutes . |
| 19 | For instance , rather than The Buyer shall pay the price within 30 days of delivery the terms could provide that The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date of delivery making it clear that the date of delivery is included in the period or The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date immediately following the date of delivery if the date of delivery is to be excluded . |
| 20 | After 12 years of negotiation the half mile footpath from Jepsons Gate to Alance Bridge , Anglezarke has been upgraded to bridleway status — this means that both cyclists and horse riders may use it . |
| 21 | During the first 12 weeks of pregnancy the amniotic sac is surrounded by coelomic fluid in the extraembryonic coelomic cavity , which is a derivative of the extra-embryonic mesoderm . |
| 22 | The warehouse sends out some 800 parcels of books every week , excluding journals such as Africa of which 4,000 copies are sent out annually . |
| 23 | Each person in Britain uses an average 30 gallons of water a day and the society called for consumers to take conservation measures to save water : to turn off taps when brushing their teeth , to fix drips and leaks , to water the garden in the cool of the day and to collect rainwater for garden use . |
| 24 | Each person in Britain uses an average of 30 gallons of water a day , a figure which increases as the temperature rises . |
| 25 | EACH person in Britain uses an average of 30 gallons of water a day . |
| 26 | The islands are also installing a desalination plant to produce 50,000 gallons of water a year . |
| 27 | The Greenland fishermen will be allowed to go on catching 12 tons of salmon a year for subsistence purposes . |
| 28 | The fainter component is of magnitude 4.2 , and as the separation is 376 seconds of arc the pair can be split with the naked eye ; of course binoculars show it well . |
| 29 | Cooking , washing up , bathing , washing and drying clothes and so on can create as much as a further 10 to 12 litres of water a day , and every litre of fuel burnt in a flueless oil or paraffin heater gives off roughly another litre of water vapour . |
| 30 | His pulse and blood pressure were recorded regularly and he was encouraged to drink at least 2 litres of fluid a day . |