Example sentences of "of [num] [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of eight in the Dolls ' House , all worked with royal cyphers and the great orders of chivalry . |
| 2 | Suddenly , he called out two licence plate numbers ; one of these , except for one digit , turned out to match the number plate of one of the kidnappers ' vans . |
| 3 | In the event of a failure of one of the lexicographers ' printers , the 3812 may be configured for their use . |
| 4 | The building has been refurbished , and access is either by boat , or across trackless fields ; but there can be few more attractive places to spend a fishing holiday , right on the edge of one of the Borders ' most productive lochs . |
| 5 | He had come to supervise the slaughter of one of the nuns ' flocks which had been found to be infected with Salmonella typhimurium . |
| 6 | The Lac de Gaube was the scene too of one of the Pyrenees ' best-known accidents . |
| 7 | Their total numbers were assessed as being of the order of 350–400,000 against the Allies ' 500,000 . |
| 8 | Page 29 Going Dutch : An international share issue and privatisation will follow the merger of two of the Netherlands ' largest banks , NMB and Postbank , the state-owned postal savings bank . |