Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] of the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next , we attenuate each of the four spectra , normalized by the scale factor , by five different N H column densities . |
| 2 | In 1921 a report placed before the Prussian Diet revealed that of the 460,884 hectares of land purchased by the Commission up to that time , only 27.4 per cent had come from the Poles ; a staggering 72.5 per cent had been purchased by the Commission from German estate owners . |
| 3 | The performance of each dictionary was tested using each of the three documents , and measured in terms of percentage correct and z-score ( the t-score could now be replaced by the z-score since sample sizes were sufficiently large ) . |
| 4 | However , a subsequent Pentagon report , released internally , disclosed that of the 312 soldiers listed as wounded , 72 were injured in parachute jumps . |
| 5 | In December 1724 Wade reported that of the 22,000 fighting men who , he estimated , might be raised in the Highlands , 12,000 were active or potential Jacobites , some with hidden weapons , and that the best way to keep them in check was with independent companies of loyal Highlanders , under their own Whig but Gaelic-speaking officers . |
| 6 | On Oct. 14 Egypt 's state-controlled Middle East News Agency reported that of the 90,000 Egyptians currently residing in Jordan , some 70,000 without work permits were to be fined and deported . |
| 7 | The third measles trial reported that of the 12 deaths ( 10 in controls , two in those given vitamin A ) , 10 were due to respiratory disease . |
| 8 | Figures produced by the Council for Mortgage Lenders suggest that of the 36,610 properties repossessed in the first half of this year 45 per cent were voluntary , in the sense that they did not involve a court order . |
| 9 | Boyd 's 12-man team visited each of the ten pits after being told by Trade President Michael Heseltine to establish if British Coal had met the prescribed criteria for closure . |
| 10 | The principal objective of the scheme is to provide each of the fourteen candidates with a 12-month commitment to his appropriate squad . |
| 11 | The party-controlled media of North Korea reported little of the 1989 reforms in Eastern Europe , and most of the country 's 1,700 students were withdrawn from Eastern bloc countries except the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | Top each of the eight rounds with one teaspoon of tomato with pesto sauce , 25g/1oz sliced mozzarella , two slices of tomato and ΒΌ teaspoon shredded fresh basil . |
| 13 | The British units have already shed 1,730 of the 5,500 workers that they employed before going into receivership at the start of February . |
| 14 | They may know each of the 17 episodes off by heart , but The Prisoner is a television series like no other . |
| 15 | The economic disaster that has befallen Mongolia over the past two years ( see chart ) has emboldened diehards in the Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( the old communist party ) , which holds 70 of the 76 seats in parliament , to try rolling back reform . |
| 16 | We found that of the 465 graphs of key financial variables , there were 142 instances ( 30% ) of measurement distortion greater than 5%. 129 of these were distortions of a rising trend , with 98 exaggerations and 31 understatements . |
| 17 | She found that of the 16 libraries which retained archive files of statistics , the following principal uses were recorded : monitoring book use for duplication of titles ( 10 libraries ) ; fund allocation ( 5 ) ; monitoring book use for change of loan status of books ( 5 ) ; and for relegation purposes ( 5 ) ; examination of interdisciplinary use of stock ( 3 ) ; monitoring loans for possible changes in loan regulations ( 2 ) . |
| 18 | ( 1986 ) , for example , found that of the 450 children coming into care in five local authorities in England and Wales , residential care accounted for 51 per cent of all admissions ( p. 80 ) . |
| 19 | We will discuss each of the five levels in turn , and describe the operations performed upon them . |
| 20 | Let us discuss each of the two core assumptions in turn . |
| 21 | A soviet ( or governing council ) representing each of the twelve nahijes ( districts ) within the pashalik was established , but its powers were vaguely defined and it became an instrument which Karadjordje could use or ignore as he felt fit . |
| 22 | Eight relieving panels are present : square panels with " squared " eight-petalled rosettes occupy each of the four corners , and four rectangular panels , ( each holding a small cantharus ) , are adjacent to the central square . |
| 23 | Sara inspected each of the three bedrooms . |
| 24 | Jodami was entered in the Martell Cup at Aintree , which has attracted 12 of the 13 finishers in the Gold Cup . |
| 25 | King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia , who last night joined Prince Andrew for an outdoor operatic New World concert in the city , were to have boarded some of the 100 vessels . |
| 26 | The bookcase , labelled Robert Maxwell Chairman in mother-of-pearl , contains some of the 6,000 tomes in the 29-room mansion . |
| 27 | The course of the war between the Madrid stalemate and the beginning of 1938 clearly illustrates some of the two sides ' military strengths and weaknesses . |
| 28 | The firm occupied 10 of the 23 floors in a building now owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority . |
| 29 | An alliance of four parties , Russian Unity has 303 of the 1,033 members of the Congress of People 's Deputies , Russia 's highest legislative body . |
| 30 | On assumptions similar to those made in the preceding paragraph Labour would win 21 of the 30 constituency seats , would have a claim to 25 seats altogether , and would therefore be awarded four list seats . |