Example sentences of "[subord] [num] [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up at the ceiling , where one of the room 's many odd columns flared into the flat , thick , pale green glass . |
| 2 | Down below me the surf thrashed and thundered : the Tonga Trench , a precipitous crack in the ocean floor where two of the planet 's great tectonic plates crunched together and were folded downwards to melt again , lay a score of miles away . |
| 3 | Oceans cover more than two-thirds of the earth 's surface , and in places reach a depth of eleven kilometres . |
| 4 | To pursue that vision Mr Levin is giving up a lot : after Toshiba , ITOCHU and US West , Time Warner is left with just 63% of TWE , which produces more than two-thirds of the group 's cash flow . |
| 5 | The withdrawal of the Aga Khan means that Maktoum al Maktoum and his brothers own more than 650 of the country 's 6,500 flat horses . |
| 6 | As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat . |
| 7 | In early September 1666 , the old city of London was devastated by the Great Fire , which as well as destroying thousands of secular buildings left old St Paul 's with severe structural damage , and no fewer than eighty-seven of the capital 's parish churches gutted or in ruins . |
| 8 | A spokesman for the Eastern Health Board said the attack affected more than 80 of the hospital 's 200 beds , including a new children 's ward which opened on Friday . |
| 9 | It was frustrating that any English commentary was usually blocked out by Arabic , although one of the commentator 's forlorn attempts to pronounce Paul Gascoigne 's name was a rich source of amusement . |
| 10 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
| 11 | I suggest encouraging a limited number of effectively managed centres , selected in part on a geographical basis , and in part for their value and interest to more than one of the association 's panels . |
| 12 | Despite the massive exodus from the major cities in the 1970s , in 1981 more than three-fifths ( 62.6 per cent ) of Britain 's 54.3 million people were still living in twenty ‘ metropolitan regions ’ which occupy little more than one-fifth of the country 's land area . |
| 13 | The second half of the year witnessed a superficially arcane debate on vodka which touched on the whole question of government finances ( because more than one-third of the state 's revenue derived from its involvement in the vodka trade ) . |
| 14 | This enormous continent , covering no less than one-twelfth of the planet 's entire land surface , and including the modern administrative region of the Soviet ‘ far East ’ , is traditionally known as Siberia . |
| 15 | The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Black Sea fleet worsened after more than 200 of the fleet 's ships , which are anchored in Ukrainian waters , hoisted the Russian ensign . |
| 16 | Meanwhile on Feb. 25 Armenian troops had taken the village of Khodzhaly , north of Stepanakert , and Azeri sources claimed that these troops had murdered more than 1,000 of the town 's fleeing Azeri inhabitants . |
| 17 | The new location could be only a few miles from the present site — especially if one of the company 's priorities is to retain existing staff . |
| 18 | Nowadays , there are so many people applying for college research fellowships that if one of the candidate 's referees says that he does not know him , that is the end of his chances . |
| 19 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 20 | Greenpeace say urgent action is needed if one of the region 's rivers is to be saved from a disasterous level of pollution.The environmental pressure group says the law needs to be changed to stop the discharge of chemicals into rivers . |
| 21 | It does help , of course , if one of the world 's top designers is behind it all . |
| 22 | Firstly , there is an interest in the subject from an early age if one of the practitioner 's own parents , or a close relative , is a homoeopathic practitioner . |
| 23 | Sebastiano , with the cleaned San Giovanni altarpiece beside the San Bartolommeo organ-shutters and the Kingston Lacey ‘ Judgement of Solomon ’ , provided one of the exhibition 's greatest experiences , one which showed that the Louvre and Metropolitan Madonnas are not his . |
| 24 | We had argued , to put it very briefly , that since one of the law 's concerns was the preservation of public order and decency , steps ought to be taken to remove the affront to public order and decency which was presented by the obtrusive presence of large numbers of prostitutes openly soliciting on the streets . |
| 25 | There was no official word on where and when Dubcek would be buried and it was not clear whether one of the country 's best-known modern politicians would receive a state funeral . |
| 26 | The development also offers the players a fresh challenge as 10 of the course 's holes have been transformed by the introduction of new tee positions , remodelled fairways and greenside bunkering . |
| 27 | The value of such exposure is difficult to measure but , when three of the company 's craft demonstrators recently returned from tours of Japan , they all reported that an amazing number of people approached them to say they had seen Wedgwood featured on the Did You Really Know It ? programme during October . |
| 28 | Labour say the authority will be hard pressed to keep the promise when 13 of the authority 's consultants have waiting lists of more than a year . |
| 29 | As one of the Trust 's honorary Vice Presidents he was closely consulted during the rebuilding process , with particular reference to the task of manufacturing the Caprotti gear and decision to fit a Kylchap blastpipe . |
| 30 | Dr Eliska Fucikova of the National Gallery in Prague describes the painting as one of the artist 's finest works , comparable with the ‘ Bacchus , Ceres and Amor ’ in the Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna . |