Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [that] [num] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump . |
| 2 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
| 3 | On Feb. 28 it was announced that 54 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks on Hoxha monuments . |
| 4 | On examination , it was found that two species were largely insectivorous , two largely fig-eaters and five were generalist frugivores . |
| 5 | When Bishop Compton of Lichfield carried out a national survey in 1676 , it was estimated that five percent of the county 's population were ‘ sectaries ’ . |
| 6 | In July 1982 it was estimated that 300,000 people in the UK suffered from tinnitus which interfered with their ability to lead normal lives . |
| 7 | It was estimated that 25,000 people would be affected . |
| 8 | It was estimated that seven people were killed in rioting between Oct. 10 and Nov. 10 . |
| 9 | In August 1989 it was reported that 13,600 people in Dumfries and Galloway had been supplied with water containing up to 1,000 times the EC limit for aluminium , starting in March 1989 . |
| 10 | It was reported that four people were killed . |
| 11 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
| 12 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |