Example sentences of "of [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ground the many provisions of , let us say , the UN Declaration of 1948 in the mere possibility of their being defended by moral argument is to consign them to a very combative arena indeed , the vagaries of which we have explored in this chapter and are precisely those exploited by Hare in his gloomy quotation . |
| 2 | The family spent the summer of 1948 in the Lebanese hill resort of Aley , living on 7,000 pounds they had taken with them from Palestine . |
| 3 | The ceiling fresco of 1794 by the Viennese painter Franz Anton Maulpertsch , depicting the History of Mankind , is one of the painter 's last works and not one of his best . |
| 4 | Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition . |
| 5 | Niki had nine pole positions in fourteen races , but nine out of eleven in the new car . |
| 6 | Some of the statutes are essentially 19th century in orientation , the most notable being the Factors Act 1889 ( FA ) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ( SGA ) which consolidates the original Act of 1893 with the subsequent amendments made especially in the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 ( SOGIT ) . |
| 7 | For almost exactly nine years , from the late summer of 1980 to the late summer of 1989 , Poland lived through a political crisis . |
| 8 | Six of the districts used the Guthrie spot to test for cystic fibrosis , and in these districts 306 ( 37% ) of the 964 women identified cystic fibrosis ( correctly ) , compared with 42 ( 10% ) of 409 in the other hospitals , who did so incorrectly . |
| 9 | I am looking at two lots of 35 in the long waveband and one lot of 32 in the medium waveband. 35 and 32 what ? |
| 10 | A comparison of patients who achieved complete symptomatic relief ( global clinical grade of 0 ; defined as less than three motions per day , with formed stools , no urgency , mucus , or blood ) showed 18 of 32 in the 5-ASA group compared with 12 of 31 who used bismuth ( χ 2 1.94 ; p=0.16 ) . |
| 11 | The bodies of eight of the nine airmen killed when their Hercules crashed last week have been flown back to RAF Lyneham . |
| 12 | Above all , our record on the numbers entering higher education , universities and polytechnics is outstandingly good — one out of eight of the relevant age group in 1979 , one out of four now . |
| 13 | He was found guilty of eight of the 10 charges against him . |
| 14 | He was found guilty of eight of the 10 charges against him . |
| 15 | In December 1990 , tenders were invited for a consultancy in the privatization of eight of the twenty flagship state companies . |
| 16 | The re-opening of eight of the National Museum of Wales 's art galleries in 1990 marked the completion of the first phase of the £24 million development programme currently under way . |
| 17 | LIMA — Peru is to propose the expulsion of Panama from the so-called group of Eight at the third summit of Latin American presidents beginning today because of the refusal of its military dictator , General Antonio Noriega , to institute democracy , writes Simon Strong . |
| 18 | European champion Jackson , seventh of eight in the Olympic final after hitting barriers , led from the start to win in 13.06 seconds . |
| 19 | Nigel Benn knocks down Welshman Nicky Piper for a count of eight in the 11th round at the Alexandra Palace and ( inset ) celebrates after successfully defending his WBC crown . |
| 20 | In four rounds of voting on July 24 and 26 none received the necessary backing of two-thirds of the 400 deputies . |
| 21 | This was to be followed within 11 weeks by the withdrawal of two-thirds of the Moroccan troops from the territory . |
| 22 | Ultimately , in May of 1568 in the 10th year of her reign , the Queen incorporated " The Governors , Assistants , and Commonalty for the Mines Royal " , reciting the Letters Patent granted to Thurland and Höchstetter on 10 October 1564 . |
| 23 | The great Bishop Joseph Butler of Durham , had begun his Analogy of Religion of 1736 with the famous remark : |
| 24 | The state of health of 605 of the 610 patients was determined ; the remaining five were lost to follow up , but their deaths had not been reported to the NHS Central Register . |
| 25 | Arms and fists raised like a footballer who 's just scored a goal , Austin Currie took his kudos , from the audience of 500 in the packed conference hall of the Slieve Donard Hotel . |
| 26 | The fact is that the majority of the Conservative Party supported the appeasement line , through the National government , from before the Abyssinian crisis of 1935 to the Second World War . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , Terminal courses increased steadily throughout the following decade , doubling in total numbers between 1925 and 1935 and reaching a total of fifty in the latter year . |
| 28 | To accommodate the different types of housing required , the Committee recommended a range of densities : from 30 persons per acre for suburban development to 100 persons per acre for town centres , rising to a maximum of 120 for the largest cities . |
| 29 | Over these ten points there is a correlation of 0.88 between the two measures , p<0.01 , 8 degrees of freedom . |
| 30 | His 25 League goals in 1960–61 put him as runner-up to Johnny Byrne in that promotion season and he remains only behind Byrne 's figure of 30 for the highest number of strikes in a post-war League season of up to 46 games . |