Example sentences of "of [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This was to be followed within 11 weeks by the withdrawal of two-thirds of the Moroccan troops from the territory . |
| 4 | It costs thirteen shillings instead of twelve-and-six for the standard brands , so I 'm not giving it to heathens who spoil its flavour with ice . ’ |
| 5 | The individual tissue type plasminogen activator activity and damaged area was determined 30 minutes after the administration of endothelin-1 in the various concentrations ( 50 , 100 , 250 , and 500 pmol/kg ) , each of which consisted of seven experiments . |
| 6 | How he makes the transition from the open spaces of sevens to the narrow confines of the 15-a-side game remains to be seen . |
| 7 | Of three of the principal women , Midge and Alexia so clearly belong to different classes , and Cressy to none . |
| 8 | Members of three of the above families were , around the same time ( 1348 to 1369 ) members of the Order of the Garter , and although a connection is known to exist between Wrottesley and Basset , neither is connected with Bryan and none with le Scot . |
| 9 | The unusual thing neighbours noticed about the quiet civil servant who occupied the attic flat was that he kept the window open in all weathers — to dissipate the smell from the corpses of three of the young men he murdered . |
| 10 | We present a summary of the main therapeutic techniques of three of the leading practitioners of cognitive therapy discussed in theoretical terms in chapter 2 . |
| 11 | Administration is despatching Gary Gibson and his gang of three to the Golden Gables site while Tim O'Reilly 's team go to the Trinidad Complex . |
| 12 | At 0400 she blew up with the loss of fifty-seven of the precious tanks and ten of the even more precious Hurricanes . |
| 13 | By using the time to improve the production process , Intel will be able to make more of the chips available initially than it usually can when it launches a new part , Paul Otellini , vice-president of the company 's microprocessor group noted — a shortage of 80386s in the early days caused disenchantment with the company at many customers for the chip , who encouraged other companies to clone the chip in the hope of ensuring steady supplies . |
| 14 | A sample of 5,362 of the original children was then drawn . |
| 15 | By the time the report was published , three out of ten of the inspected prisons had already been shut down . |
| 16 | On Tuesday 8 October there was a meeting in the City Hotel of fifteen of the left activists , and it was agreed to call another demonstration on Saturday , 12 October , over the same route . |
| 17 | At any one time only two out of five surnames in the parish were those of this hard core of families , but four out of five of the total entries belonged to this group . |
| 18 | They are the source of five of the major rivers of the Midlands . |
| 19 | In many ways the most significant of all the Soviet nationality disputes began to acquire open and public form in the summer of 1987 in the Baltic republics on the anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet pact which had led to the incorporation of these republics into the USSR . |
| 20 | The six were taken prison in Beirut at the end of 1987 by the Lebanese Forces militia . |
| 21 | Two pits crossed the edge of one of the oval houses , indicating more than one occupation of the site ; however , the accelerator dates indicate that all the houses and pits were used around 8,000yrBP ( Table 1 ) . |
| 22 | Of one of the central heroes only fragments survive , including the head ( shown on the ground in fig. 126 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ One evening in the Veterans ’ Club in Sarajevo , I was summoned to a dark room lit by just one candle to meet the army commander of one of the central districts of Sarajevo . |
| 24 | Her cuts were treated , her bruises examined , and then she and the two children sat in the lounge of one of the private wards , sipping tea and waiting for Bodie to come and pick them up . |
| 25 | He was sent to the remote town of Weewak — scene of one of the Japanese forces ' final stands in World War II — where a new European Hospital was being built to help the impoverished natives . |
| 26 | To many poorer countries , however , the idea of turning into a replica of one of the industrialized countries , pursuing high money incomes and high growth rates as goals in their own right , appears neither feasible nor desirable . |
| 27 | The father of one of the young children who is about to receive First Holy Communion told me that he did n't practise any faith because it bored him but still wanted his child to receive Holy Communion . |
| 28 | She was in time to see the recovery of one of the young gentlemen who had begun to torment her on that night until Colonel Hope had silenced him . |
| 29 | There is no financial test of resources for these grants , but the person applying , or their spouse or person they live with , must be in receipt of one of the following benefits : Housing Benefit , Community Charge Benefit , Income Support or Family Credit . |
| 30 | Such schemes were of one of the following types : |