Example sentences of "[adj] 10 [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More areas are included in the map where the user is willing to be wrong 10 times out of 100 , but far fewer in that which they are willing to run the risk of being wrong once in a hundred times ; a comparison of the 90 and 99 per cent maps will make this clear ( figs 6.5a and f ) . |
| 2 | As the results came in , there was delight that the rest of the top 10 rafts all came from Herefordshire . |
| 3 | The Games just made Variety 's famous list of Twentieth Century-Fox Top 10 disasters , weighing in at No.10 , with a $2,000,000 loss . |
| 4 | Facing a field which contains Britain 's golden girl Liz McColgan , Ethiopia 's Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu and her brilliant South African compatriot Elana Meyer , she talks of a top 10 finish , but adds with a smile : ‘ There 's always that possibility of winning . ’ |
| 5 | Within about a year of the company 's formation and Taylor 's strategic review , Medeva had become the UK market leader in two of its four chosen fields and one of the top 10 suppliers to the NHS . |
| 6 | TOP 10 TOYS |
| 7 | LAST YEAR 'S TOP 10 TOYS |
| 8 | ‘ The organism is the only bacterial infection to feature in the top 10 killers in the Western World , ’ said Prof Boulois . |
| 9 | In Britain , where the top 10 house-builders dominate the output of new private houses , it has traditionally been either the rich or the enthusiastic DIY brigade who forged ahead with their own individual home building . |
| 10 | Crying , his duet with K D Lang , stormed to No 12 while I Drove All Night has just enjoyed a long Top 10 run . |
| 11 | The top 10 complaints were : dirty and untidy toilets ; insufficient information about delays ; cramped conditions ; nowhere to sit while waiting ; long delays at departure points ; uncomfortable seating on board ; noisy or drunk fellow passengers ; long queues at check-ins ; overheated travelling environment ; and rude staff at departure points . |
| 12 | A vote of confidence comes this week from Genzyme , one of America 's top 10 biotechnology companies . |
| 13 | According to the Halifax Building Society , the top 10 home improvements are : |
| 14 | One of the world 's top 10 computer manufacturers , Unisys was created in 1987 out of the merger of two smaller companies , Burroughs and Sperry . |
| 15 | ‘ We see the volume just getting down to that core set who will see increased demand , ’ he said , adding that the industry 's top 10 companies had 58% of 1992 sales . |
| 16 | The top 10 companies tool 60.5% of the market , up from 50.7% a year ago . |
| 17 | The top 10 Peps last year were , in descending order : Britannia Life American Growth ; Fleming American ; Fleming Fledgling ; Murray International ; Murray Smaller Markets ; Capability Special Situations ; Fleming Mercantile ; Eagle Star Environmental Opportunities ; Providence Capitol United Kingdom Money Markets and Eagle Star United Kingdom Growth . |
| 18 | Unruh and other Unisys executives also said that one of the top 10 US banks was installing a new Unisys retail banking system , but refused to identify the bank . |
| 19 | Unisys Corp chief executive James Unruh says he is comfortable with Wall Street forecasts that the company will earn $1.15 to $1.40 a share this year , and told Reuter that the rise in the value of the US dollar and the slow economic growth in Europe and Japan were making any revenue growth in 1993 unlikely : Unruh and other Unisys executives also said that one of the top 10 US banks was installing a new Unisys retail banking system , but refused to identify the bank . |
| 20 | Most of the high street banks and the top 10 building societies are tied agents , and so can sell only one brand of insurance policy . |
| 21 | A top 10 building society agrees privately . |
| 22 | It seems as if the top 10 firms are walking off with all the prizes these days — literally . |
| 23 | Sonny Landreth 's Top 10 Albums |
| 24 | TOP 10 ALBUMS |
| 25 | ‘ The smaller societies have been chasing savings business hard , ’ says the chief executive of one top 10 society . |
| 26 | Now at least one top 10 society says privately that it is thinking seriously of becoming a plc in a few years . |
| 27 | Though Ford UK lost £274 million in the UK in 1990 — its first taxable loss since 1972 — Ford Credit , its finance and leasing arm , made pre-tax profits of £56 million , up 37 per cent on the previous year , confirming its position among the top 10 UK finance houses . |
| 28 | Using the ranking ( or confidence ) information for the list of candidate strings , we can reduce the problem somewhat , by trying the standard four error correction approaches on just the top 10 candidate strings . |
| 29 | He started his first season on the professional circuit by winning 21 of his first 24 matches , reaching the final of the Asian Open in his native Bangkok in August , with three wins over top 10 players before losing to Stephen Hendry . |
| 30 | Confirmation has already been received from four of the world 's top 10 players , Stefan Edberg , Ivan Lendl , Pete Sampras and Guy Forget . |