Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [prep] [art] [noun prp] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report , submitted to the General Assembly on Dec. 19 , showed that only 64 of the UN 's 159 members had paid their contributions , with the rest owing a total of US$525,000,000 to the general budget , and a further US$463,000,000 towards peace-keeping operations , excluding operations in Cambodia . |
| 2 | If it was only one for the Liverpool ex you know , one extra for the Liverpool , you see , it 'd be the same this year . |
| 3 | Accepting only one of the UDHK 'S 20 proposed candidates , he named principally those in favour of stability rather than faster democratization ; however , none of his appointees were backed by China . |
| 4 | Yet only 60 of the Knesset 's 120 members supported Mr Peres ; Mr Yitzhak Shamir , the Likud leader , got the other 60 . |
| 5 | But only four of the APA 's twenty-six 1986 awards for outstanding work went to women . |
| 6 | At present only two of the UK 's 11 National Parks are under independent control . |
| 7 | I have in my possession a letter from one of the RAF 's most revered names , a great wartime C-in-C and possibly one of the RAF 's foremost Chiefs-of-Air-Staff and , in peacetime , a dear friend of mine these many years , who said of the Bennett appointment : " I can not understand what Harris was thinking of making that airline fellow a Group Commander … " |
| 8 | Most would have earnings more like those of the Fu family , who live just around the corner on an income that is about one-fifteenth of the Lis ' . |
| 9 | Founded in 1864 , Pearl Assurance is now one of the UK 's leading financial services organisations . |
| 10 | Neither the very big and important financial futures business , which accounts for about 155 of the AFBD 's 400 members , nor the equally important oil market , is represented by the nine elected council members . |
| 11 | In the past year , one in even four of the UK 's new robots was made in Japan . |
| 12 | With sales in 190 markets worldwide , Scotch Whisky is consistently one of the UK 's top five manufactured export earners . |
| 13 | At least one of the Rover 's headlights shattered and Di 's bumper was thought to have been damaged . |
| 14 | Connie said : ‘ We need an audience of at least 40 for the Sainsbury 's talk on May 12 and as usual anyone who is interested is welcome to come along — with members being given the opportunity of reduced prices . |
| 15 | Operating from one of several palatial villas in Marbella , Spain , al-Kassar was publicly one of the DEA 's most wanted fugitives and privately one of the CIA 's most useful ‘ capabilities ’ , having supplied hundreds of tons of US and Eastern bloc arms to Iran , as part of Oliver North 's efforts to secure the release of American hostages , and to the Nicaraguan Contras as part of Oliver North 's efforts to unseat the Sandinistas . |
| 16 | Operating from one of several palatial villas in Marbella , Spain , al-Kassar was publicly one of the DEA 's most wanted fugitives and privately one of the CIA 's most useful ‘ capabilities ’ , having supplied hundreds of tons of US and Eastern bloc arms to Iran , as part of Oliver North 's efforts to secure the release of American hostages , and to the Nicaraguan Contras as part of Oliver North 's efforts to unseat the Sandinistas . |