Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that point the leading group contained 22 riders with an advantage of 2 mins 20 sec over the main field . |
| 2 | It is not grave because there need n't be an election for two years and more . |
| 3 | What the hell did I expect , an ogre with two heads ? |
| 4 | That for an income of 10,000 marks as a condition of entry to the German diplomatic service was abolished in 1908 ; but this left the real position completely unchanged . |
| 5 | The New survey took as its poverty line an income of 38–40 shillings per week for a family of two adults and two children aged ten and four . |
| 6 | Head of Department : ‘ We make an assessment on three criteria , then combine them to give a mark out of 10 . ’ |
| 7 | Coucy soon rose high in favour at court : in 1363 Edward granted him lands in north Lancashire , Cumberland and Westmorland to which he had some claim by inheritance ; two years later he married Isabella , and in 1366 the king created him Earl of Bedford with an endowment of 1,000 marks a year . |
| 8 | So if you 've got children looking at mortgages , just tell them to be careful and that I think really my advice would be to , for anyone starting off a new mortgage now , to definitely go for repayment , until they 've sorted out what they 're doing , because if you cash an endowment within two years , if you ca n't keep up the payments , if you lose your job , then y you get nothing back . |
| 9 | The objective of this report is to assess whether an experience with 25 patients justifies further development of the apparatus , and a move to a phase III trial . |
| 10 | no , of course you ca n't now , but will you have enquiries made and if er , there are an existence of twelve members of parliament ledgers , any report from crisis management and any erm , any er , er minute of a board meeting er at er directors at which the contingency er , at the contingency fund was discussed or recor any recording of value , having enquiries make sure that they exist and then tell me er if , if , if you 're prepared to disclose them |
| 11 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 12 | Prices for a family of four staying in an apartment for two weeks this June start at just £287 — and that 's for the whole family ! |
| 13 | In order to meet these criteria , the Vehicle Watchdog performs as follows : providing the vehicle has been stationary for at least one minute , a 15mA current pulse will brightly light an l.e.d. for 0.02 seconds once every two seconds . |
| 14 | Following the completion of an eight-month programme of renovations and improvements , Geneva 's Centre d'art contemporain has reopened with a new entrance and stairwell , a lecture theatre , a ‘ Projects ’ room to be used by younger Swiss artists , a workshop for children and two new exhibitions : an installation of 2400 sheets from Allan McCollum 's ‘ Drawings ’ series ( to 12 September ) and drawings and photographs by Dutch artist , Pieter Laurens Moll ( to 16 May ) . |
| 15 | When you consider this organisation , bear in mind Poe 's description of the short story as ‘ a narrative that can be read at one sitting of from half an hour to two hours , that is limited to a certain unique and single effect to which every detail is subordinate . ’ |
| 16 | Courses are available at centres at home and abroad and last for anything from an hour to two weeks . |
| 17 | This car does thirty miles an hour to thirty miles an hour in fifteen years . |
| 18 | He will be incapable of erection for a time which varies between men and with increasing age from about half an hour to 24 hours ; the circumstantial stimulation , too , will have some effect . |
| 19 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 20 | Some antelopes have been recorded fleeing at 42 miles an hour for a mile , or 35 miles an hour for 4 miles , and deer have been able to sustain 30 miles an hour for an astonishing 20 miles . |
| 21 | Not only will you burn off up to 300 calories walking briskly at 4 miles an hour for 45 minutes , but up to 180 of these calories will be fat calories . |
| 22 | However , the largest of these in 1892 set to work only 253 out of 716 applicants in West Ham , converting wasteland to allotments at 6d. an hour for 45 hours work per week . |
| 23 | He answered : ’ We hope the national minimum wage — currently £3.40 an hour for 40 hours before stoppages — will rise . ’ |
| 24 | This car does thirty miles an hour to thirty miles an hour in fifteen years . |
| 25 | And getting to it can mean one man hauling himself through a two-foot tunnel for half an hour in six inches of water . |
| 26 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 27 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 28 | The European Autocatalyst operation gained The Queens Award for Export Achievement , making Johnson Matthey one of only three companies to achieve an award in two categories . |
| 29 | The Archdeacon reminded himself that an Archdeacon of ten years ' standing was senior to a residentiary Canon of three , but his reminder gave him , not for the first time , no comfort . |
| 30 | And if I were to put it , If you have an opportunity of two sites and the development of one is capable of causing damage to existing characteristics and the other is not , would you go for the the one which would not cause damage rather than the one which would , or would you willy-nilly plump for either ? |