Example sentences of "of four [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vitruvius gives us a clear account of four of the Roman orders but , having lived in the days of Augustus , he was unable to describe the Composite Order . |
| 2 | More surprisingly , Buus and Annibale Padovano , organists at St. Mark 's , composed their ricercari originally for four solo instruments — Buus 's two books in 1547 and 1549 and Annibale 's in 1556 — and Buus 's sole Intabolatura d'Organo ( also 1549 ) contains only four pieces : ornamented transcriptions of four of the other ricercari obviously made for the use of the ‘ molto nobile e vertuoso giovane ’ to whom they are dedicated . |
| 3 | When monkeys were offered hundreds of different kinds of insects , many brightly coloured and many others with dull patterns and colours , only one in five of the bright ones were eaten , while three out of four of the dull ones were eagerly gobbled up . |
| 4 | Ms Bhutto has only just survived a vote of no confidence by the opposition , when her slim and wavering majority was cut by half , partially because of the defection of four of the tribal members to opposition benches . |
| 5 | ( e ) Leases Where partnership property is held on lease by no more than four of the partners on trust for the partners for the time being of the firm and one of the partners joined as lessee leaves the firm , an assignment of the lease should be effected forthwith into the names of four of the continuing partners : the partnership agreement ( Clause 24 ) should oblige the outgoing partner to execute all necessary deeds etc in this behalf . |
| 6 | Plans for the better distribution of population and employment were still needed , but one academic observer reported in 1957 : After 13 years the Conservatives lost office ; in the general election of October 1964 Harold Wilson won power with a slender majority of four over the other parties . |
| 7 | Light middle ( non-championship ) : John Mett ( PTSoB ) bt Geoff McCreesh ( London ) — DARLINGTON had four winners out of four in the national schools championships quarter finals at Knottingley on Saturday . |