Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [conj] [adv] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nuremberg Trials lifted the scales from the eyes of many Germans , and later OMGUS surveys reported that only one in eight ( 12 per cent ) of those questioned in the American Zone recalled trusting Hitler as Leader up to the end of the war , while 35 per cent claimed never to have trusted him and a further ( 6 per cent to have kept faith in him only until the outbreak of war . |
| 2 | ‘ Opinion polls show that exactly 39 per cent of our voters would like me to have a relationship with Labour and the other 39 per cent would like us to have a relationship with the Tories . |
| 3 | The French press was extremely critical , and opinion polls showed that only eighteen per cent of voters approved of what he had done , while forty-five per cent disapproved . |
| 4 | The recent survey Trends in public library selection policies shows that about 20 % of public libraries do not even allocate to categories such as adult fiction , or children 's books , and very few record stock revision separately . |
| 5 | Pakistan 's immigration records show that about 2,800 Arab volunteers are still in the country , including 500 involved in relief work among the Afghan refugees in Peshawar . |
| 6 | In late January ICRC officials reported that almost 10,000 people had been displaced as a result of the fighting . |
| 7 | Due to meet four times a year , the club will invite all 30 Tuxedo licencees to join though only 17 are active . |
| 8 | Here there 's a single mono input , followed by four mono effects sends and then four groups of stereo effect returns . |
| 9 | Relief agencies estimated that approximately 200 people were dying of starvation each week in the Ogaden in the remote south-east , according to reports from mid-October ; malnutrition had sharply increased , with the death rate rising to 12 per 10,000 daily since August , when aid workers had warned of a worsening situation [ see p. 39042 ] . |
| 10 | Relief agencies estimated that around 400 people had been killed in the September fighting in Mogadishu , and up to 1,500 had been injured . |
| 11 | A survey carried out by local health workers showed that about 20 per cent of Faroese children had levels of mercury in excess of the safety limit as set by the International Programme on Chemical Safety . |
| 12 | French forestry officials argue that only 100,000 cubic metres of timber are felled each year , but agree that roads opened up by loggers should be closed to the public . |
| 13 | Grossing up the responses to the 1985 GHS adl questions reveals that approximately 2,500,000 people aged 65 + have problems in cutting their toenails ( see Table 4.10 ) . |
| 14 | Satellite reports confirmed that over three hundred armoured carriers were parked around the perimeter of the city ; large sections of the capital were blacked out and quiet after hours of gunfire and arson attacks . |
| 15 | A survey of 151 school nurses showed that nearly two — thirds felt cut were undermining their quality of care . |
| 16 | Empirical investigation using UK Department of Industry 1 km square data overlaid on polygon boundaries of north-west England employment office areas revealed that only 60 per cent of the points in the industry database could be positively assigned to an employment office area by being within a polygon and away from the boundary by a distance greater than epsilon . |
| 17 | Laboratory tests revealed that only 32 per cent of the nitrogen content ended up as organic nitrogen compounds . |
| 18 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |