Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [num] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within marriage the most important change experienced by women was the steady decline in the fertility rate until after World War II ( Table 2 ) , while in the 1870s there were over 295 legitimate live births per 1000 married women aged 15–44 , this figure had dropped to 222 by the first decade of the twentieth century and to only 111 by the 1930s . |
| 2 | More than 20 animals have become extinct within the state over the last 10 years — compared to 40 during the last 194 years , since colonization . |
| 3 | P&O said that their tourist vehicle trade had rocketed to 45,680 in the first quarter compared to 24,000 in the same period last year . |
| 4 | The score had raced to 37 in the eighth over before Stewart Hutton took a fine catch in the gully to dismiss Sadiq Dudhia . |
| 5 | Despite having an army of 285,000 ( to be cut to 250,000 over the next three years ) , France would have been hard-pressed to do more . |