Example sentences of "of [num] [noun pl] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It is exactly the equality before the law , which Ms Pith-Helmet invests with so much trust , that has betrayed blacks and Asians in the courts , in their treatment at the hands of vicious and prejudiced police ( that has resulted in the death of 10 blacks at the hands of police during the course of arrest and interrogation in the last 15 years ) , that allows black and Asian homes to be terrorised by racist thugs who can sprinkle liberally their British hospitality in the form of firebombs , beatings , excrement dumped on doors , and children bullied to the point of suicide and madness . |
2 | It was found that 78 per cent of 219 users at the Drugs Council and 72 per cent of 197 users at the Detoxification Unit were single ( i.e. neither married nor cohabiting ) . |
3 | A description in G.Paynes ' Collectania Cantiana tells us that four vases of black ware , one of reddish colour , two cups of imitation Samian ware , two black paterae and the neck of a large goblet with handle were found at a depth of four feet at the feet of ten human skeletons . |
4 | Christians in Pakistan are living in increasing fear for their lives following the deaths earlier this year of two men at the hands of Muslim fundamentalists . |
5 | Christians in Pakistan are living in increasing fear for their lives following the deaths earlier this year of two men at the hands of Muslim fundamentalists . |