Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting set of lists — which are , in effect , indexes — is shown in Fig. 8.2 for the same records in a data file that have already been shown in Fig.8.1 . |
| 2 | In another study , Johansen and Fuguitt ( 1984 ) from a sample of 572 of the 11,334 villages in the USA ( defined as a population of less than 2,500 in 1960 ) found that while only half of the villages had grown in the 1950s , two-thirds had grown in the 1970s , and that this growth was no longer restricted to the larger villages . |
| 3 | Threats from the FA , however , forced 800 of the 1,200 members of the PFA to resign . |
| 4 | And 800 of the best fighters in Northern Ireland — including the holders of nine out of 11 Northern Ireland team titles — are to boycott this year 's provincial championships in November . |
| 5 | FIS deputies were elected to 188 of the 231 seats in which the there was an outright winner . |
| 6 | The applicant sought judicial review of the decison of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on 26 June 1991 , in the course of criminal proceedings against the applicant , to seek to enforce his compliance with the requirement contained in a notice issued pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to attend at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information in respect of her investigation of the applicant alone , afer she had caused him to be interviewed under caution on three occasions and thereafter charged him with an offence , at a time when and in circumstances whereby ( a ) the applicant 's application for legal aid had not yet been granted and he had neither legal advice nor legal representation available to him ; ( b ) the Director had stated that she would not cause the applicant to be further cautioned in compliance with Code C , paragraph 16.5 of the current Codes of Practice issued pursuant to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 7 | His reversal has encouraged political parties , backed by 167 of the 179 members of parliament , to cobble together a ‘ national compromise ’ . |
| 8 | Negotiations between the husband and wife will often have been on the basis that the wife 's solicitors will hand over an application for cancellation of the land charge ( Form K13 or application for the cancellation of the notice if registered land Form 202 ) on completion in return for one-half of the net proceeds of sale ( or whatever other figure is agreed ) . |
| 9 | Jodami was entered in the Martell Cup at Aintree , which has attracted 12 of the 13 finishers in the Gold Cup . |
| 10 | The government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro came under strong public criticism in an open letter on June 5 from 12 of the 14 parties of the ruling coalition ( still known as the National Opposition Union — UNO ) , for its " acquiescent " attitude towards the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) , the main opposition party . |
| 11 | Opponents of Sir Robert Rex , the Premier since 1974 , made substantial gains in the April 1990 general election , with the NPAP and its sympathizers winning 12 of the 20 seats in the legislature . |
| 12 | In elections on Oct. 30 , 1983 [ see pp. 32553-55 ] , the Radical Civic Union ( Unión Cívica Radical — UCR ) , led by Raúl Alfonsín Foulkes , won 317 of the 600 seats in the electoral college and the UCR took 129 seats in the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 13 | 2 of the biggest manufacturers of video games both say they print advice on epilepsy with their games . |
| 14 | Frankly , it is not an outstanding record of achievement , considering there has been at least one Second Division club in the semi-finals for 30 of the 47 seasons since the last war . |
| 15 | The APF held only 30 of the 350 seats in the Supreme Soviet but was demanding transfer of power from the Supreme Soviet to the National Council , which comprised 50 Supreme Soviet deputies , half from the APF . |
| 16 | A general election held on May 25 resulted in the New Front for Democracy and Development , a coalition of the Indian , Javanese and mixed-race ethnic groups along with the Labour Party , winning 30 of the 51 seats in the National Assembly . |
| 17 | Intracorporeal lithotripsy was used in 30 of the 48 patients with larger stones . |
| 18 | At the end of six months they had sold 300 of the 400 beds for £150 each . |
| 19 | the neighbouring people of Salcey Forest have appeared in such great strength in the forest that the keepers are unable to oppose their cutting down many trees there , and forty of the best trees in Whittlewood have likewise been cut down . |
| 20 | At the district scale in South Devon , 531 of the 734 completions of local authority dwellings between 1976 and 1979 were in the three main towns of Kingsbridge , Totnes and Ivybridge and only 51 completions were in parishes outside the seven main settlements ( Phillips and Williams 1982a ) . |
| 21 | In Estonia the nationalist Estonian Popular Front won 43 of the 105 seats in the Supreme Soviet and a further 35 went to the Association for a Free Estonia and other groups supporting independence . |
| 22 | Using these criteria , three of the 34 controls were classified as abnormal , while 22 of the 43 patients in both the pretreatment group and the post-healing group were similarly classified . |
| 23 | Oscar Ribas Reig , " liberal nationalist " and head of government in 1982-84 [ see pp. 31515 ; 32942 ] , won 22 of the 28 votes in the General Council ( Consell General de las Valls ) to become President of the Executive Council ( government ) on . |
| 24 | The emergency declaration was affirmed by 22 of the 23 members of the Senate in an apparent attempt to consolidate the various branches of government for what President Aquino said would be ‘ the final blow in the final confrontation ’ against the rebels . |
| 25 | The " Liberation List " , headed by Nabi Berri , leader of the ( Shia ) Amal movement and a Minister of State , won 22 of the 23 seats at stake in the third round . |
| 26 | In 1829 he produced his first coloured print , ‘ Butterflies ’ , and achieved popular acclaim in 1834 with the coloured plates for Feathered Tribes of the British Islands by Robert Mudie [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | As a result of improved reporting of unfit conduct by Official Receivers and insolvency practitioners , the number rose by 40% to 700 in the 12 months to 31 March 1992 . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the number of people out of work for more than a year rose by 50,000 in the three months to October . |
| 29 | The Jivaro occupy some 65 000 km 2 in the eastern lowlands of Ecuador and comprise some 20 000 people , women outnumbering men by about two to one . |
| 30 | However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March . |