Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was a few pence in the red to a bank that makes millions of pounds in profit every year . |
| 2 | August 1990 After months of discussion the five permanent members of the UN Security Council transform the Australian plan into a comprehensive " framework document " [ see p. 37654 ] . |
| 3 | Until there is a change in the law , charity shops will continue to lose thousands of pounds of income a week because they ca n't sell most of the toys donated to them . |
| 4 | In the EEC , food surpluses are commonplace , leading to disposal of thousands of tonnes of food every year . |
| 5 | Sharpness on the Severn estuary normally handles hundreds of ships and thousands of tons of cargo a year , but that all stopped at lunchtime when the dockers walked out . |
| 6 | Fire chiefs say they were pumping out thousands of gallons of water every minute in an attempt to keep levels down . |