Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Smith , of the Consumers ' Association , said they had received 21 complaints about the machines — 12 of them describing serious fires . |
| 2 | The results of this ‘ biochemical modulation ’ were reported in 1986 in a study of 100 patients — 59 of whom responded and 12 of whom had complete remissions . |
| 3 | In addition , Roycayrol and Cattan studied fundic biopsy specimens of 18 totally achlorhydric patients , 12 of whom had pernicious anaemia . |
| 4 | There 's 9,000 shivering punters in here , 7,500 of which have blank faces . |
| 5 | Only three of the 13 Democrats originally pledged to vote for Thomas changed sides in the final Senate vote as a result of Hill 's charges , but 11 others ( eight of them representing Southern states in which they depended heavily on black support ) joined with all but two of the Republicans to confirm him by a slim majority . |
| 6 | Only eight of us had any sort of previous military experience : Marius , myself , Chris , a German from Oberammergau who had killed a tourist in the celebrations surrounding the Passion Play , a Frenchman , Mike the Rhodesian , and a Portuguese and a Rumanian who had both served with their countries ' airborne regiments . |
| 7 | ‘ There are hundreds of them hooting all night , ’ protested Betty . |
| 8 | I have become aware of three stages , all three of which deserve equal attention and time spent on them . |
| 9 | The roundel is " supported " by the intrusion of large triangles into the field , three of which contain distinctive motifs . |
| 10 | It would not be difficult to conduct an informal interview with almost anyone , asking them for criticisms of the national health service , the police or the railways , all three of which confer great benefit on the population , for which they do not always receive much credit . |
| 11 | The SFRY had comprised six republics , namely Serbia and Montenegro ( which together formed the FRY in April 1992 — see p. 38848 ) , Bosnia-Hercegovina , Croatia and Slovenia ( all three of which obtained independent membership of the UN in May — see p. 39033 ) , and Macedonia ( see pp. 39036-37 ) . |
| 12 | Three of them had serious face and hand burns and were transferred to the burns unit of Glasgow Royal Infirmary . |
| 13 | Only three of them secured enough votes to be assured of their seats . |
| 14 | Three of them use online services to a reasonable extent , while the other two make limited use of them . |
| 15 | I learned to canoe years ago when three of us put borrowed boats in the water at Glasbury and pulled them out , finally , several days later at Tintern , having gone down the Wye . |
| 16 | From breakfast until the three of us cracked late-night beers , the place grooved to Aretha and the other mamas . |
| 17 | Oh it was a right laugh we we were all in a sleeping bag and there 's three of us lying that way then one lying here one on the sofa and one lying there it was a bit mad ! |
| 18 | And we , we normally have members go , we 've had as many as five one year , or was it six , erm , not always that many I think , was it three of you went last year , I think it was three was n't it ? |
| 19 | It has been estimated that the nine London newspapers in existence in 1704 between them published 44,000 copies per week . |
| 20 | In addition there are 44 colleges , 11 of which offer full-time courses of at least three years . |
| 21 | ‘ It is quite wrong for any member of this House to compare what happened in 1957 to what happened last week . ’ |
| 22 | I for one have formal qualifications in electronics and know when the wool 's being pulled , but others do n't and that 's your job . |
| 23 | There are eight bedrooms , five of which have private facilities . |
| 24 | Almost one in five of them said male nurses were seen as ‘ weak ’ . |
| 25 | The five of them eyed each other stiff-faced and stiff-necked , drank a glass of wine together with the earl to seal their new friendship , and parted in complete mutual understanding and distrust . |
| 26 | It will mean the loss of 58 shops , 38 of which provide key services to local people . |
| 27 | It is worth reminding the House what the Bill , if enacted in its present form , would involve : the loss of 83 homes , the displacement of 326 residents , the demolition of four listed buildings , the destruction of well over 10 acres of property in two conservation areas , the destruction of a two-acre inner-city nature reserve of great value to the local community , the loss of 168 workplaces providing 1,620 jobs , the loss of 58 shops , 38 of which provide key services to local people , the diversion of a major traffic artery for a period of three years , a doubling of the number of rail passengers and a doubling of the number of cars and taxis coming to King 's Cross and St. Pancras during the morning peak hour . |
| 28 | There were seven patients over the age of 60 who have had a restorative proctocolectomy , one of whom had longstanding polyps and high grade dysplasia ; the rest had ulcerative colitis . |
| 29 | In December I was interviewed on a dark evening at Trinity by a group of Fellows , one of whom wore enormous boots and all of them seemed amused by my belief that there were no good books on eighteenth-century English history . |
| 30 | The Ulster majority was humiliated and alarmed , but its immediate emotions were channelled into a two-day general strike and Peaceful protest rallies , one of which attracted 100,000 people . |