Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment they 're just a voluntary body , but it looks as though works councils will become mandatory for eleven of the twelve states in the E C , with the implementation very soon of the European Social Works Council Directive , Britain as usual being the odd one out , because of course it 's part of the Social Chapter . |
| 2 | This is all logical enough given Fforde 's conviction that collectivism comes from ‘ areas other than the British Conservative party ’ , but Fforde seems to forget that the Conservatives were in power for fifty-five of the 100 years from the dawn of collectivism to the edge of Thatcherism , and must , therefore , have been at least partly responsible for some of Keith Joseph 's ‘ detritus ’ . |
| 3 | Hurd argues that the Arab world itself must create this new system ( presumably under Western tutelage ) and a conference to this effect between eight of the nine partners in the alliance ( Morocco being the sole absentee ) occurred in Cairo in mid-February . |
| 4 | However , from the supplementary information collected , by questionnaire , from LEAs a year alter the initial review , there appeared to be some increase in the use of the reported incidence of practical work , and about two-thirds of the completed questionnaires indicated that calculator skills were tested . |
| 5 | The report could guide UK chemistry teaching into the 21st century , yet it allows children to be taught without atoms or molecules for eight of the 11 years that it covers . |
| 6 | — CONSETT Number One Central Club 's chairman Jim Harris has headed the management team for 21 of his 26 years in the boardroom and treasurer Jimmy Hope has been treasurer for eight of the 11 years he has been on the committee . |
| 7 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 8 | Lists of candidates for 547 of the 551 constituencies have been drawn up , of which 278 will be fought by Les Verts and 269 by GE . |
| 9 | In the last quarter , council workers accounted for 468 Of the 5004 visits to mothers , 13 , 796 Of the 44,169 visits to children ( ibid. 12 March 25 ) . |
| 10 | For political reasons British officers continued to hold about one-half of the senior posts . |
| 11 | Frankly , it is not an outstanding record of achievement , considering there has been at least one Second Division club in the semi-finals for 30 of the 47 seasons since the last war . |
| 12 | Negotiations between the husband and wife will often have been on the basis that the wife 's solicitors will hand over an application for cancellation of the land charge ( Form K13 or application for the cancellation of the notice if registered land Form 202 ) on completion in return for one-half of the net proceeds of sale ( or whatever other figure is agreed ) . |
| 13 | After 12 of the 36 events , the Teessiders had an eight-point lead over Thurrock . |
| 14 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 15 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 16 | Named after one of the early kings of Ireland , he is a half-brother of the Irish Guards ' mascot . |
| 17 | Three months earlier , after one of the poorest seasons in their post-war history , Toulon were on their way to pool ‘ B ’ of the first division and rugby oblivion . |
| 18 | The National Trust looks after one of the largest collections in the world , and these works of art , plus other great and important collections in the British Isles , are described by Bruce Arnold in the fully illustrated Art Atlas published by Viking Penguin on 28 February at £25 . |
| 19 | This information helped the police catch the three culprits after one of the biggest manhunts in the history of California . |
| 20 | In the head , we sometimes find cases where the stressed syllables are not all high or all low , as in the following example : After one of the worst days of my life |
| 21 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 22 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 23 | The father-of-three was caught after four of the 800 workers who paid into the City Council Life Insurance Welfare Scheme died in a short space of time . |
| 24 | She had been passed on to Marie after two of the other trainees on the Community Care Course had failed to ‘ get on ’ with her . |
| 25 | Walsham and McKay 's teammate , Steve Farrell , from Stoke-on-Trent , had launched the decisive move after seven of the 120 miles . |
| 26 | The narrow range of referral rates after the guidelines for six of the seven zones ( 69.2–81.9/1000 registered patients ) suggests an appropriate target referral rate of below 75/1000 registered patients a year . |
| 27 | This means that the Board will have issued exposure drafts for 10 of the 11 standards affected by the Statement of Intent . |
| 28 | At the beginning of 1990 the Matai ( elected clan chiefs ) continued to dominate the electoral system by constituting both the electorate and the only source of candidates for 45 of the 47 seats in the Fono . |
| 29 | Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition . |
| 30 | Some of the statutes are essentially 19th century in orientation , the most notable being the Factors Act 1889 ( FA ) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ( SGA ) which consolidates the original Act of 1893 with the subsequent amendments made especially in the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 ( SOGIT ) . |