Example sentences of "[vb pp] [num] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of the simultaneous state and local elections in the neighbouring state of Hidalgo were not due for official release until Dec. 2 , but preliminary results indicated that the PRI had won 81 out of the 84 municipalities . |
| 2 | Over this unimaginably ( for humans ) long time , each of the two lineages that branched from that remote ancestor has preserved 305 out of the 306 characters ( on average : it could be that one lineage has preserved all 306 of them and the other has preserved 304 ) . |
| 3 | As an eminent American economist once remarked , ‘ The Stock Market has anticipated 10 out of the last 3 recessions and 12 of the last 3 recoveries ! ’ |
| 4 | By February 1940 he had drafted two out of the five sections , and was describing the poem as a successor to " Burnt Norton " — he was still not at all sure of its worth , however , since he seemed only to be imitating himself . |
| 5 | On Sept. 4 the communists in the Supreme Soviet , who before the coup had numbered 324 out of the 450 deputies , mustered only 50 votes in favour of lifting the ban , and the leader of the CP bloc , Oleksandr Moroz , announced that it was to be dissolved . |
| 6 | Weld has left three in at the four day stage with Steel Chimes looking the most probable runner . |
| 7 | According to the Croatian Assembly election results after the second round of voting on May 6-7 , the HDZ had taken 205 out of the 356 seats in the three Assembly chambers . |
| 8 | He said that the predominance of classical entries in the competition came from the supposition that it was the favoured style , but the judges had awarded four out of the seven prizes to Gothic designs . |