Example sentences of "the [noun sg] in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the reduction in IGFBP-1 values after steroid treatment might have been expected to increase the availability of IGF-I for growth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He went round the golf-course in 95 strokes . |
| 7 | The clinical diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma was made after the first assessment by the clinician in 13 cases ; four of five cases with carcinoma and nine of 88 without carcinoma giving a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 90% . |
| 8 | He did n't score , but too often we saddle our better strikers with ridiculous demands — as Mark Hughes knows only too well — and in any case with 20 on the board in four months Shearer is well placed to double his career record by the end of the season . |
| 9 | No seat on the board in 10 years ' time ! ’ |
| 10 | Sitting in Manchester , the judge said after listening to two hours of legal argument from counsel for Blandford , his wife and the Official Solicitor , that he now had no power to rectify his error made on May 17 when he ordered the Marquess to be jailed if he failed to pay the money in two weeks . |
| 11 | If I wanted to squander the money in six months or a year , I could do that too , but if I did he would haunt me . ’ |
| 12 | Terry Griffiths beat Clive Thorburn 9-5 , the first time he had beaten the Canadian in nine attempts . |
| 13 | Terry Griffiths beat Clive Thorburn 9-5 , the first time he had beaten the Canadian in nine attempts . |
| 14 | This presentation implies a very poor prognosis despite treatment , as was the case in six patients in this series . |
| 15 | The first utterance contributes to the relevance of the text in two ways . |
| 16 | He says Microsoft now has 45,000 NT developer kits in the field in twenty countries and expects to have 50,000 out just prior to launch . |
| 17 | On the face of it , the decision in three cases suggests that the reader 's client has little hope . |
| 18 | It 's two years of effort and dreams down the drain in 36 hours . |
| 19 | They would be at the light barricade at the bottom of the dip in ten minutes . |
| 20 | If all goes well , the peregrine could be released back into the wild in 3 months time . |
| 21 | At the end it took a photo-finish camera to separate them , the Scotsman winning the verdict in 10.25 seconds . |
| 22 | With four of us , climbing the route in two parties of two , and four 50 metre ropes to play with , retreat would be relatively straightforward to the snow at the foot of the route . |
| 23 | Joss covered the route in 11 hours 30 minutes on a day of heavy rain and strong SW winds . |
| 24 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 25 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 26 | While they were in the pub , in a corner far from a window , the rain had come on heavily , the kind of rain that will soak you to the skin in two minutes . |
| 27 | Then , instead of being played for visual comedy , as when the stewardess in 2001 walks through a half circle to exit upside down , still carrying her tray unspilt ( done by imperceptibly turning the camera 180° in the opposite direction as she walks in a treadmill ) , it 's a drama with wry comedy overtones as the nervous Curnow is supported by his braver Soviet oppo , Brailovsky ( Elya Baskin ) — a sequence largely performed by the actors themselves on wires . |
| 28 | Members of the The Odd Socks Clown Theatre performed the shortened version of the play in 40 minutes . |
| 29 | There 's a dance at the College in two weeks , I did n't dare to ask you . |
| 30 | On one occasion he is said to have decorated the whole of the College in three days after which he could still outlast anyone on the dance floor . |