Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition Drury persuaded one witness to amend his evidence so as to incriminate Cooper , arranged for another to be shown a photograph of McMahon so as to pick him out in an identification parade , omitted to tell the defence of two witnesses crucial to their case , cited another as prosecution witness to prevent the defence from calling him , and bribed two prisoners in Leicester Prison , where McMahon was on remand , to say that McMahon had admitted to them his part in the crime . |
| 2 | Tony takes the hint and decides not to wax equally lyrical about the Svalbard storm that kept everyone in the tent for seventy-two hours , unable to go out for anything . |
| 3 | I have found the hatching rate to be greatly improved with the addition of 2–3 drops of Fincare ) . |
| 4 | Having regard to the requirements of the county as a whole , he wrote , and having the advantage of consultation with members of the Ministry of Health , he had decided to recommend the addition of two wings each of three storeys , providing a further 81 beds and a two-bedded ward to be added to a small existing building . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) While this section applies to any premises , the effect shall be that for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) below the permitted hours in those premises in the evening shall be increased by the addition of two hours at the end thereof . |
| 6 | A placard carried through the city by Women for Peace was changed overnight , with the addition of two deaths to the total killed since 1969 . |
| 7 | When we consider that a typical input/output operation is thousands or millions of times slower than a typical internal operation ( such as the addition of two numbers ) , and that there may be other tasks to which the computer could turn its attention while such an operation is going on , then we can see scope for redesigning the computer in this area . |
| 8 | Stelrad Doulton 's popular Vista range of bathroom equipment has been extended by the addition of two fittings designed specifically for the fitted bathroom — the semi-recessed washbasin and the back-to-wall WC . |
| 9 | The consortium is seeking $5.2 million from the Department of Energy for the research and for structural alterations to SSRL involving the addition of two beam-lines . |
| 10 | The people who wrote the original GLC-funded pre-feasibility study — Chris Walsh , Ben Lowe , Mike Power , Liz Cooper and Kit Sadgrove — met in a flat near Kings Cross and formed themselves , with the addition of five others , all friends , into the Founders ' Trust . |
| 11 | By the end of it , some members may have forgotten the reasons for the whole idea , so let us recap briefly : there are economies of scale , certainly , though the addition of 6,500 members to 100,000 does not in itself produce any great saving in CIB operating costs ( we used to recruit nearly three times that number of new members from the banks alone in a good year in the 1980s ) ; there is potential recruitment , from more than 60,000 building society employees ; but , above all , the merger demonstrates to the public that two major parts of the much maligned financial services sector are keen to improve their standards , and gives commercial rivals an exceptional opportunity to enjoy the benefits of co-operation in educational endeavour . |
| 12 | Looking now at the gains and losses bar graph for the year we see that the main explanation for their growth has been the addition of thirty-two members through transfer . |
| 13 | At present the pattern of weathering in small mammals is compared to that of large mammals ( Table 1.3 ) , with stage 1 weathering reached in 18 to 29 months ( plus 24 months in the pellet ) in the prevailing wet climate of central Wales , and stage 2 weathering still progressing after 36 to 48 months ( again with the addition of 24 months in the pellet ) . |
| 14 | At the same time , the MDC was doubled in size by the addition of 800 acres on either side of the River Mersey in which about £90 million will be spent over eight years . |
| 15 | Nuclear debris was removed by centrifugation for 1 minute in an Eppendorf microfuge and the supernatant diluted to low salt by the addition of 2 volumes of 20 mM Hepes pH7.4 . |
| 16 | He divided the remainder into two piles . |
| 17 | Retaining only a dozen men to accompany the vehicles when they entered the grounds , he divided the remainder into two parties and dispatched them to cover the area north of the perimeter fence . |
| 18 | Eight animals from each group were killed at 16 weeks and the remainder at 32 weeks . |
| 19 | Under the Institution of Civil Engineers ' Conditions of Contract ( fifth edition ) , retention money is repaid to a contractor in two stages , the first within 14 days after the certificate of completion has been issued , the remainder within 14 days after the end of the period of maintenance . |
| 20 | Only half of the loan was to be released initially , and the remainder in two instalments by 1993 , conditional upon the success in meeting targets , which included a reduction in inflation from the present annualized rate of over 20 per cent to less than 10 per cent by 1993 , and a reduction of the public-sector deficit . |
| 21 | Bock , owner of the Kempinski luxury hotels chain , will buy nearly half of Rowland 's 15 per cent stake worth £50 million with an option to buy the remainder in three years . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the reduction in IGFBP-1 values after steroid treatment might have been expected to increase the availability of IGF-I for growth . |
| 23 | The suite of seven theatres , which could handle 10,000 operations a year , is due to open for surgery on January 25 . |
| 24 | Ricardo Weibel was seized and brought to the base for 12 days of rough treatment , before being released and sent home . |
| 25 | Look ! ’ and he pointed in the direction of two nuns surrounded by a horde of children . |
| 26 | The provision of 26 places in the morning and another 26 in the afternoon is to be discussed by Durham County Council 's schools sub-committee on Wednesday . |
| 27 | Two toddler-type swings are requested as it is felt that more often than not two small children are taken to the playing field accompanied either by one or two adults and the provision of two swings would prevent disputes . |
| 28 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 29 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 30 | He suggested that beneath the volcanic Mid-Atlantic Ridge there was an upwelling convective current of hot , partly-liquid rock in the mantle and that as this column approached the surface it would split , turning away from the ridge in two branches . |