Example sentences of "[adv prt] [num] of the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She battled her way to the last eight finalists of the 28th European Open Karate Championships , taking on 32 of the world 's best female karate exponents . |
| 2 | To reach it would mean travelling along one of the world 's great international trade routes , linking Leh with the central Asian province of Yarkand . |
| 3 | An industrial giant which has taken over one of the region 's biggest employers today assured workers there would be no major job losses . |
| 4 | Its offices will be among those to look over one of the site 's ornamental canals presently being worked on . |
| 5 | The offer to close down the reactors was conditional on the receipt of economic aid to help modernize Bulgaria 's nuclear industry , which supplied over one-third of the country 's electricity requirements . |
| 6 | The government rejected this as being tantamount to handing over one-third of the country 's municipalities to the guerrillas , and insisted that the armed forces had to be present in every part of the national territory . |
| 7 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 8 | Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square . |
| 9 | And he gulled , and also impressed , the bystanders by lifting up one of the horse 's front hoofs , giving it two or three sharp taps with his knuckles and saying confidently : ‘ Right ! |
| 10 | That was if I ever got to the bottom of the steps that make up one of the island 's most spectacular walks . |
| 11 | It could never have been designed but for a revolution that has shaken up one of the world 's oldest industries |
| 12 | WWF also hopes to control the amount of waste water flowing into the Danube ; pollution has wiped out 70 of the river 's 110 species of fish in the past 10 years and is threatening the ecosystem of the Black Sea . |
| 13 | And she took out one of the society 's cards . |
| 14 | The government 's commitment to the application of market economics in this area , however , came under question when , at the beginning of the year , it bought out one of the country 's largest steel companies to save it from collapse . |
| 15 | As Ginsberg read out one of the Russian 's works , the writer himself stalked out of the hall . |
| 16 | But it 's nice to get out one of the world 's master batsmen . ’ |