Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the reputation of the artist , the agent makes a deal to split this percentage of the ticket money from 70:30 up to 90:10 or 95:5 in the artist 's favour . |
| 2 | She looked up at the ceiling , where one of the room 's many odd columns flared into the flat , thick , pale green glass . |
| 3 | Go to Westminster and seek an audience with Corbett or one of the King 's Officers ? |
| 4 | If your account is not paid within the three-week period you may then present a petition to the High Court or one of the country 's County Courts for your debtor 's bankruptcy . |
| 5 | Lines were often cut by shell fire , and in repairing them it was not easy to know whether one was joining one 's own line or one of the enemy 's . |
| 6 | But it seems most likely that it is either a potential beneficiary of this disposition , or one of the testatrix 's sons who is attempting to clarify his rights with respect to the land . |
| 7 | Alternatively , the duke might give the post to someone who would take it in order to oblige the town council of Glasgow , perhaps even a member of that council , or one of the town 's lawyers . |
| 8 | ( a ) This rule applies whether the business concerned is in England and Wales or outside the jurisdiction ; but nothing in this rule prevents the setting up outside the jurisdiction of a practice complying with Rules 8 or 9 of the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 . |
| 9 | According to the report around 1,000 million people , or one-fifth of the world 's population , were diseased , in poor health or malnourished . |
| 10 | In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large . |
| 11 | Down below me the surf thrashed and thundered : the Tonga Trench , a precipitous crack in the ocean floor where two of the planet 's great tectonic plates crunched together and were folded downwards to melt again , lay a score of miles away . |
| 12 | If you 're good I 'll let you have a sip or two of the head 's genuine Cyprus Amontillado , to wash down Dr MacLaren 's bowel mixture . |
| 13 | One or two of the hotel 's regular visitors and local residents who use the hotel frequently have told Winter privately that they think it is a mistake and that it is leading to friction and a lowering of standards . |
| 14 | ‘ WONDERS : The Memphis International Cultural Series ’ has already raised this Southern town a rung or two on the nation 's cultural ladder . |
| 15 | A day or two after the baby 's birth , with Mrs Longhill lying-in and the nurse making more work than the rest of the household put together , Florrie left . |
| 16 | Perhaps the England cricket team could learn a thing or two from the Institute 's own XI whose performance this season goes from strength to strength . |
| 17 | Over a whisky or two in the hotel 's lounge Scotty recalled the days when perfect pop chemistry created music which — unless your ears are square , or closed altogether — you could n't fail to find compelling and irresistible , even thirty five years on … |
| 18 | I was n't any better at this kind of messy shoot-out than they were , but I put a hole or two in the car 's windscreen , and put one of the soldiers out for the count . |
| 19 | Mr Peter Letley , finance director , said he hoped that 500 of the firm 's 800 staff would be able to resume normal working today at James Capel House in Bevis Marks . |
| 20 | On May 12th , the Centre for the Continuing Study of the Californian Economy ( CCSCE ) released an optimistic study , arguing that two-thirds of the state 's economic base is built on four sectors that are thriving : foreign trade , high technology , professional services and entertainment/tourism . |
| 21 | A survey by Germany 's Union for the Environment and Nature Protection recently found that two-thirds of the country 's trees were sick or dying from the effects of traffic and industrial fumes . |
| 22 | It was calculated that 65,000 of the country 's registered 76,000 road vehicles were used by or for tourists . |
| 23 | Oceans cover more than two-thirds of the earth 's surface , and in places reach a depth of eleven kilometres . |
| 24 | To pursue that vision Mr Levin is giving up a lot : after Toshiba , ITOCHU and US West , Time Warner is left with just 63% of TWE , which produces more than two-thirds of the group 's cash flow . |
| 25 | It was reported on Aug. 1 that 30 of the country 's 60 active investigative judges had been dismissed for incompetence , the head of the Department of National Security ( DAS ) , Gen. Miguel Marza Márquez , stating that they were " responsible " for unsolved crimes [ see p. 37529 for dismissals from armed forces and police ] . |
| 26 | The withdrawal of the Aga Khan means that Maktoum al Maktoum and his brothers own more than 650 of the country 's 6,500 flat horses . |
| 27 | As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat . |
| 28 | This is the last thing that 58 of the country 's batsmen have seen this season before losing their wicket . |
| 29 | In early September 1666 , the old city of London was devastated by the Great Fire , which as well as destroying thousands of secular buildings left old St Paul 's with severe structural damage , and no fewer than eighty-seven of the capital 's parish churches gutted or in ruins . |
| 30 | A spokesman for the Eastern Health Board said the attack affected more than 80 of the hospital 's 200 beds , including a new children 's ward which opened on Friday . |