Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] were [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , although the Florentines continued to import English wool , they did not carry it in their own ships , and in the 1480s proposals were made for a wool staple at Pisa , with English ships having the monopoly of the carrying . |
| 2 | According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats . |
| 3 | Survival rates at 30 days were compared for an intention-to-treat and an efficacy population . |
| 4 | Six sites were shortlisted for the new buildings . |
| 5 | In June and July , the two months following the decision to make visitors to the Boboli Gardens pay at the gate , a total of 88,000 tickets were sold for a revenue of L364 million ( £173,300 ; $346,700 ) . |
| 6 | For the band knitted for the club demonstration , six stitches were used for every buttonhole with ten stitches between each one . |
| 7 | Whereas 106.7 boys were born for every 100 girls in 1985 , by 1990 the figure for boys had risen to 110.3 . |
| 8 | In 1838 six locomotives were built for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . |
| 9 | All three parties were braced for a possible photo-finish as the latest poll gave Labour a two-point lead — reduced from six in a similar survey a week ago . |
| 10 | In October 1946 elections were held for the Interim Legislature . |
| 11 | In Berlin the Jewish cemetery was damaged on Sept. 16 , and on Sept. 25 three men were arrested for the bombing on Aug. 31 of a memorial in Berlin dedicated to victims of the holocaust . |
| 12 | Nearly 500 families were nominated for the award and the Williams were selected from a shortlist of 12 . |
| 13 | In the late 1970s plans were prepared for a fleet of HSTs to operate the North East-South West ( Newcastle/Leeds-Cardiff/Plymouth ) route and these were introduced from 1982 . |
| 14 | Although 95 mice were analysed for every marker and are shown in the segregation analysis ( see Figure 6a ) , up to 162 mice were typed for some markers . |
| 15 | In the Chamber of the People 101 seats were reserved for the Czech Republic and 49 for the Slovak Republic ; in the Chamber of Nations each republic had 75 seats . |
| 16 | Ranks were restored in the People 's Liberation Army as from Oct. 1 , 1988 , and 17 generals were appointed for the first time in 23 years [ for adoption by NPC in July 1988 of regulations re-introducing military ranks see p. 36104 ] . |
| 17 | One hundred and fourteen patients were referred for the investigation of iron deficiency anaemia . |
| 18 | More guides were recruited and in August 1992 tours were provided for the Hungarian exhibition and weekend highlight tours of the Museum introduced . |
| 19 | Cotton also presented in 1987 17 patients , two ( 12% ) developed biliary related problems requring surgery , one having a stormy postoperative period but no deaths ; two had a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with duct clearance and five died of unrelated causes ; the remaining eight patients were followed for a mean of 39 months . |
| 20 | In the original battle plans , which were to be strictly adhered to , ten minutes were allocated for the raid . |
| 21 | Fussler and Simon estimated that three to nine books were consulted for every one selected . |
| 22 | Twelve entries were submitted for the Group 's Competition for the design of a symbol for use by all the Centres . |
| 23 | km , on average every year , but by 1980 only five hares were shot for every sq . |
| 24 | However , on Jan. 13 re-contras were blamed for the kidnapping of four policemen from the Rio Blanco police station . |
| 25 | One indicator is the fact that a mere 3,660 votes were cast for the candidate of the Campaign for Labour Representation in the 1989 European elections out of a total of 560,026 votes cast ( 0.7 per cent ) and out of an electorate of 1,120,517 ( 0.3 per cent ) . |
| 26 | Over 500 nominations were received for the competition organised by the Northern Development Company and sponsored by Training and Enterprise Councils in the North to find the region 's most conscientious workers . |
| 27 | Between 1810 and 1855 Acts were passed for the disafforestment of the forests of ‘ South , otherwise East Bere ’ ( Bere Porchester ) , Delamare , Windsor , Exmoor , Sherwood , Salcey , Hainault , Wychwood , Whittlewood and Woolmer . |
| 28 | A total of 255 servicemen were killed for the recapture of The Malvinas . |
| 29 | Twenty directors were appointed for the current year , including Granville Penn and Rev T. Burgess . |
| 30 | The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year . |