Example sentences of "[adv] [num] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas most of the Heralds readers were Labour supporters , only two-thirds of the Mirror 's were . |
| 2 | Furthermore three of the company 's directors , who had never met , had been paid for use of their names . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps one of the Duke 's men will turn against him … |
| 5 | He was merely one of the Emperor 's tools . |
| 6 | He claimed that the allied forces had achieved " general air superiority " over Iraq and Kuwait ; that enemy nuclear weapons reactors were " finished " ; that Iraqi aircraft were able to operate from only five of the country 's 66 airfields ; and that Iraqi air defence radar had been reduced by 95 per cent . |
| 7 | Only five of the Queen 's 39 predecessors — Henry III , Edward III , Elizabeth I , George III and Victoria — have achieved longer reigns , and this fact is usefully illustrated at the outset with a family tree , which shows that Queen Elizabeth II can trace her ancestry back over 1,000 years to Egbert , King of Wessex , in the 9th century . |
| 8 | So one of the challenges t is to be ale to show that there is something different about those of us who are Christians . |
| 9 | On April 5 and 6 , a 7,000-strong peace demonstration in Sarajevo was fired on by snipers from inside one of the capital 's hotels , which was then stormed by demonstrators . |
| 10 | Problem : This giraffe is 5m tall , the rhinoceros in only ⅖ of the giraffe 's height . |
| 11 | A divided Congress approved only one of the government 's economic reform bills . |
| 12 | It was only one of the staff 's repertoire of tasks and when necessary was exercised through a combination of ‘ orchestration ’ and ‘ supervision ’ , similar to techniques described by Bloor ( 1987 ) in his analysis of social control in a therapeutic community . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you , sir , ’ said Charlie , aware for the first time that only one of the colonel 's eyes actually moved . |
| 14 | He referred to only one of the Opposition 's policies that would wreak havoc on the British economy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Yet only 60 of the Knesset 's 120 members supported Mr Peres ; Mr Yitzhak Shamir , the Likud leader , got the other 60 . |
| 17 | But only four of the APA 's twenty-six 1986 awards for outstanding work went to women . |
| 18 | His departure also meant that only two of the country 's six state leaders — Wayne Goss in Queensland and Ray Groom in Tasmania — had achieved office as a result of state elections . |
| 19 | At present only two of the UK 's 11 National Parks are under independent control . |
| 20 | In the past only two of the group 's nine divisions had an internal audit function ; now all of the nine divisions are subject to internal audit discipline . |
| 21 | South Africa earns about 40 per cent of its export income from gold but produces only one-third of the world 's supplies . |
| 22 | Approximately two-thirds of the minister 's speech comprised an attack on the inefficiency of local government , more specifically socialist local government , and a trenchant defence of the value of the proposed community charge as a key factor in promoting the regeneration of British cities . |
| 23 | South Africa is nevertheless one of the world 's major coal exporters with exports of over 30 million tonnes . |
| 24 | Consequently , and this was of critical significance for all those who were concerned about the various aspects of the youth question , ‘ His education , which is the means whereby he becomes a citizen , is thus one of the State 's foremost concerns . ’ |
| 25 | She termed people fair or dark , and there was scarcely one of the valley 's many-hued inhabitants whom she did not classify by colour . |
| 26 | It is not exactly one of the world 's most prosperous economies , although the Opposition used to admire it greatly before it decided to drop its socialist credentials . |
| 27 | BFT 's already one of the area 's biggest employers … and it 's hoped there 'll be more jobs to follow . |
| 28 | Far right : The Malibu house is just one of the family 's three homes worldwide |
| 29 | ‘ Ace , she breaks open one of the store 's canisters . |
| 30 | Normally one of a town 's functions is more important than the others . |