Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [pron] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's 9,000 shivering punters in here , 7,500 of which have blank faces . |
2 | I have become aware of three stages , all three of which deserve equal attention and time spent on them . |
3 | The roundel is " supported " by the intrusion of large triangles into the field , three of which contain distinctive motifs . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Three of them use online services to a reasonable extent , while the other two make limited use of them . |
6 | In addition there are 44 colleges , 11 of which offer full-time courses of at least three years . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | There are eight bedrooms , five of which have private facilities . |
9 | It will mean the loss of 58 shops , 38 of which provide key services to local people . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | We were so confident of each other 's love that should one of us make that final , selfish decision the other would feel his friend 's sense of loss even more keenly than his own . |
12 | There are also three Kislevite vodka bottles , two of which contain Kislevite vodka , and one of which is actually a Potion of Disguise . |
13 | Usually the Guide 's text , containing information on nomenclature , fashion , materials , finishes , and upholstery , was altered in 1794 to take account of the altered plates , only two of which bear that date , but , curiously , comments of 1788 on a chair ‘ executed with a good effect for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ’ apply , in 1794 , to a completely different design . |
14 | Pulling the threads together , educational opportunity for the building surveyor is available by full-time study at seven centres — five polytechnics and two universities — and at forty-one part-time centres , two of which provide part-time degree courses . |
15 | Just two days later , at a party attended by a particularly ‘ old ’ ( and tarty ) flame of his , the expression on my face as I watched the two of them exchange meaningful glances would surely have revealed the same disgust and disdain that Diana displays whenever she encounters one of her husband 's confidantes . |
16 | Lot number one one nine Lot number one one nine is the next to offer globular jars and there are two in the lot , we have one showing fifty pounds for the two of them thank fifty pounds ? |
17 | After the return of right masculine rule from the tyranny of the Amazons , Artegall meets with Prince Arthur and the two of them accomplish various overthrowing of tyrannies . |
18 | The obsessive gardener hates his relations because two of them have criminal records . |
19 | His ‘ toccatas ’ are essentially quasi-preludial and improvisatory affairs of passage-work but two of them have polyphonic sections . |
20 | ‘ In other words when the two of you confront each other again you know you can beat him . |
21 | So , erm , and also as Joan pointed out if you 've got four , if two of you want one thing and two another , there is n't a casting vote , so erm , five might be better . |
22 | There 's a choice of five different reels , four of which have three socket outlets which can be used simultaneously ( subject to power ratings ) , all designed with safety as a priority . |