Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
| 2 | There was a small silence ; then Jennifer asked a question about one of the meetings listed for next week in the area . |
| 3 | The world 's population tops five billion.The prices of the commodities exported by Third World countries , which have declined throughout the 1980s , reach their lowest level of the decade , at around 65 per cent of their average value in the 1970s . |
| 4 | Vamplew has worked out that almost half of the players registered with First Division clubs in 1910 never played a League match . |
| 5 | Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land … |
| 6 | Davy 's experiments are often cited as a classic example of the methods used in 19th century physics and chemistry research . |