Example sentences of "[num] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critical values for χ 12 above which the two polymers will phase separate , calculated for various mixtures with , are shown in table 8.4 along with the corresponding differences in δ . |
| 2 | Over this unimaginably ( for humans ) long time , each of the two lineages that branched from that remote ancestor has preserved 305 out of the 306 characters ( on average : it could be that one lineage has preserved all 306 of them and the other has preserved 304 ) . |
| 3 | Figures are hard to come by , but the recent report Trends in public library selection policies notes that 12 out of the 32 libraries surveyed kept ‘ some ’ information about allocations for stock revision ( suggesting that the remainder did not have any formal programmes of revision ) . |
| 4 | Only 30 out of the 410 films launched last year raised more than $20m at the American box office ( half of which goes to the cinema owner anyway ) . |
| 5 | To the east , in Wollo , the Save the Children Fund is intensively feeding 700 out of the 3000 children it has registered at the Korem camp . |
| 6 | It truly was a parochial effort as children from the age of six up to the oldest members took part . |
| 7 | By 1980 in Argentina six out of every ten individuals of school age were incorporated in the educational system . |
| 8 | In the first week , 13 British players qualified through virtue of their rankings for the main draw , six out of the eight quarter-finals placings were British , with all four semi-finals placings also occupied by home players — a very successful first week ! |
| 9 | The Company had a share capital of £30,000 , and six out of the ten directors were from Yorkshire ! |
| 10 | Only 10 out of the 24 hours of Sunrise 's daily programmes will be local . |
| 11 | In 86 per cent of referrals ( 43 cases ) there was legitimate reason to investigate even if in 10 out of the 43 cases it was judged that the public concern was inaccurate . |
| 12 | In Strathclyde alone , nearly three out of every five cases were not pursued to court , a statistic which provides ‘ considerable support for the view that a policy of mass arrests was pursued by the police in that area ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 150 ) . |
| 13 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 14 | Er , I mean at least three out of every four issues . |
| 15 | Three out of every four voters in Scotland voted against the Tories . |
| 16 | Boxes enclose identical amino acids in at least three out of the four sequences . |
| 17 | Residues identical in at least three out of the four sequences are boxed . |
| 18 | In fact , young people come out worse overall on only three out of the thirteen attributes relative to older workers . |
| 19 | According to the Croatian Assembly election results after the second round of voting on May 6-7 , the HDZ had taken 205 out of the 356 seats in the three Assembly chambers . |
| 20 | On Sept. 4 the communists in the Supreme Soviet , who before the coup had numbered 324 out of the 450 deputies , mustered only 50 votes in favour of lifting the ban , and the leader of the CP bloc , Oleksandr Moroz , announced that it was to be dissolved . |
| 21 | This word is ‘ Readers ’ , which seems to indicate by my reckoning that 5 out of every 6 letters written on women players are sent to readers who are Steffi Graf fans . |
| 22 | So fourteen out of the thirty appointments were , in those senses , of politicians — and ten were Conservatives . |
| 23 | The survey also found that 17 out of the 23 airlines capitalise interest on advance payments for aircraft being acquired . |
| 24 | In polling on April 5 and 12 , reformist supporters of Oscar Ribas Reig won 17 out of the 28 seats in the General Council of the Valleys ( parliament ) [ for December 1989 general election see pp. 37135 ; 37198 ] . |
| 25 | The boys obtained significantly higher success rates than the girls for 17 out of the 29 items and the girls were more successful in four . |
| 26 | Spotted Crakes were recorded in 17 out of the 30 years between 1947 and 1976 , with a total of 26 birds seen . |
| 27 | From 1559 until 1584 , years of almost unbroken peace , direct taxation from laity and clergy rose above £20,000 in sixteen out of the twenty-three years for which figures are available . |
| 28 | This could not be achieved merely by filling all existing vacancies , however , since the Liberal bloc consisted of 52 out of the 104 seats , and the Liberals could also generally count on the support of at least one independent . |
| 29 | The boys ' success rates were higher than those of the girls in 80 out of the 81 questions . |
| 30 | A feature of the index is the presence of privatised utilities — 11 out of the 100 companies ; initially audit fees for such clients have tended to rise following flotation , presumably because of the extra reporting requirements , but subsequently the utilities adopt a tough cost-conscious approach . |