Example sentences of "and [adj] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time I can not help feeling that the defence is one which ought to be used with great discretion , and that for two reasons . |
| 2 | It is astonishing to think that in the forty-odd years after the invention of printing , no fewer than ninety-four editions came off the presses of Europe ; and that for four centuries there has been almost no year in which a new edition has not appeared in England . |
| 3 | The S.M.O. was of the opinion that this was the third , not second night , and that for twenty-four hours before he was knocked down the patch of consolidation had started forming in Bill Francis 's lung . |
| 4 | The most notable was Windsor and Eton , where it is possible to see it now in its pristine state , for in 1983 Madame Tussaud 's opened the fully restored and refurbished royal station , adjoining the main Windsor terminal and unused for thirty years . |
| 5 | She is milked for 10 months of the year and pregnant for nine months . |
| 6 | and some for three weeks |
| 7 | The file will contain cultural , economic , political and social data from various national sources for the period between the 1960s and 1985 for 18 countries at a level of aggregation equivalent to Eurostat Level 3 , for example , the Departement in France , the county and Metropolitan Borough in Britain , the Fylke in Norway , the Provincia in Italy , and so on . |
| 8 | It will be even cheaper for two adults and one child , and free for four year olds and under ! |
| 9 | Deep fry fish cakes and warm for 5 mins before serving with tomato sauce and lightly-boiled leeks and celery . |
| 10 | As an alternative to absolute methanol , biopsy samples were subdivided and fixed for 18–24 hours in 10% buffered formalin , 70% ethanol , 70% methanol , and a commercially available alcoholic fixative called ‘ Primafix ’ . |
| 11 | Geoff Allen , who has served Northampton as player and official for 30 years , said : ‘ What does stick in the throat is that Shelford , who has made our leading players better players , will probably have to sit on his backside while apparently some other overseas players can come and go as they please . ’ |
| 12 | He sends the return one more to , he keeps the strike , the end of Tufnell 's over , a hundred and forty-six for four chasing four hundred and twenty three runs to win . |
| 13 | Melt chocolates in separate bowls on high , plain for 2 mins , milk and white for 1 min each . |
| 14 | George was a Derbyshire lad from Bolsover who had played for Welbeck Colliery in the Central Alliance and later for two seasons with Mansfield Town . |
| 15 | He urged her to run into the house out of the rain and leave the work to him , but she declined ; the crates were heavy and awkward for one person to handle , and after all it was what she 'd come for . |
| 16 | There is no charge for upgrading binary licences to UTS 4 and users can run versions 2.1 and 4 for 90 days , for no additional fees , when migrating . |
| 17 | Banking stoppages begun in February resulted in agreement on April 4 on a 5.4 per cent pay increase , backdated to Feb. 1 and applicable for 13 months , plus a one-off payment of DM |
| 18 | Experts were virtually unanimous that ancient woodland " a remnant of the forests that covered the British Isles after the last ice age and undisturbed for 8,000 years " could not be recreated , he said . |
| 19 | Take a stroll around your local bookstall and find them crammed with the life stories of the not-very-rich and famous for 15 minutes . |
| 20 | SOUTH AUSTRALIA came within one run of a 96-year-old first-class cricket record when they scored 506 for 6 in the fourth innings to defeat Queensland ( 334 and 301 for 4 dec ) at Brisbane from Feb 7–10 . |
| 21 | But be warned : they may grow tall and leggy — plants are treated to make them short and bushy for one season . |
| 22 | Some 78 individuals presented their nomination papers for the presidency , 18 for the vice-presidency , and 265 for 24 Senate seats . |
| 23 | Twenty of these places are in rooms fitted with bunk beds : two for eight people and one for four people . |
| 24 | Remove from heat and cool for one minute . |
| 25 | They were narrow , high-walled and difficult for two people to pass in . |
| 26 | The days are long and difficult for 62 year old Fred Robson waiting for vital heart surgery . |
| 27 | The comparative amounts of sICAM-1 determined from undiluted cell culture supernatants were 8.5 ng/ml for HT-29 cells and 13.5 for CaCo-2 cells . |
| 28 | The coding here is blue for 1.6-mm radiation , green for 2.2 mm and red for 3.8 mm . |
| 29 | Among his most celebrated compositions were 0'0 ’ ( 1962 ) for which he chopped vegetables , put them in a blender and drank the juice , and the 4'33 ’ ( 1952 ) which required the performer to remain onstage , silent and immobile for four minutes , thirty-three seconds . |
| 30 | Here 's Lawrence , bowls and that 's a full length again , but it 's down the leg side , glances it very delicately , it 's a good throw from Tufnell , well a quick throw from Tufnell , it lands in the middle of the pitch in actual fact , but they have to hurry for the two runs now , one hundred and eighteen for three wickets now and is six , DaSilva eighteen . |