Example sentences of "[prep] [num] of [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Hence it took about two-thirds of the total period since the origin of life to reach the eukaryote stage . |
| 5 | The largest group of Soviet nationalities were the Slavs — Russians , Ukrainians and Belorussians — who shared a common linguistic and religious inheritance and together constituted about two-thirds of the total population . |
| 6 | Colour about two-thirds of the remaining fondant — about 150g ( 5oz ) with black food colouring . |
| 7 | Protestant Unionists made up about two-thirds of the new Ulster Democratic Unionist Party ( hereafter ‘ DUP ’ ) . |
| 8 | As a result , about two-thirds of the new demand could be supplied by American wells . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | — 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 . |
| 12 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | For political reasons British officers continued to hold about one-half of the senior posts . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Guided by an apparent recognition of the obligations of power toward the people , Conservatives could show evidence after 1867 of a consistent record of legislative reform to improve working-class conditions . |
| 19 | After 12 of the 36 events , the Teessiders had an eight-point lead over Thurrock . |
| 20 | At a little after six of the early evening clock , Cornelius and Tuppe were once more in Sheila na gigh . |
| 21 | Through increased consumption per capita , through the development of markets for refined sugar among Russia 's clients in Third World countries , and with assistance from other Communist countries Russia not only solved the problem of absorbing the portion of the Cuban crop formerly taken by the United States , but did so in the context both of a resumption after 1964 of the upward movement in its home production and of a contractual willingness to buy far more Cuban sugar than Castro has so far produced for the Russian market . |
| 22 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 23 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 24 | Named after one of the early kings of Ireland , he is a half-brother of the Irish Guards ' mascot . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This information helped the police catch the three culprits after one of the biggest manhunts in the history of California . |
| 28 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | The move comes after one of the spring-loaded metal clips flew out and hit a child 's face . |