Example sentences of "and [num] of the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They initiated a campaign embracing twenty-four counties and eleven of the largest towns and cities in which petitioning was combined with parliamentary initiatives . |
| 2 | Prior to Gore 's entry into the affair , some 75 members of Congress and eight of the erstwhile hostages had called for a full inquiry . |
| 3 | The 20-ft-square Green Room is walled with dressing rooms full of Snow White , Prince Charming , the Narrator , the Gipsy Queen , Catsmeat — the Red Queen 's familiar — and eight of the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 4 | Board representation for employees by way of electing between ( at the option of the company ) one-third and one-half of the supervisory directors or , alternatively , co-optation by the supervisory board subject to control by the general meeting or employees ' representatives |
| 5 | And 800 of the best fighters in Northern Ireland — including the holders of nine out of 11 Northern Ireland team titles — are to boycott this year 's provincial championships in November . |
| 6 | the neighbouring people of Salcey Forest have appeared in such great strength in the forest that the keepers are unable to oppose their cutting down many trees there , and forty of the best trees in Whittlewood have likewise been cut down . |
| 7 | Both treatments were effective in inducing clinical remission : 15 of the 17 patients given steroids and 12 of the 15 patients assigned to the polymeric diet went into clinical remission ( defined by a Van Hees index < within four weeks of treatment . |
| 8 | Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised . |
| 9 | The SD , hitherto in opposition , emerged as the largest single party with 27.4 per cent of the vote and 10 of the 32 seats in the local parliament ( Loegting or Lagting ) , an increase of three . |
| 10 | Morland J. accepted the submission of Mr. Newman for the council that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam , in that it was theoretically possible for a local authority to be guilty of corruption under sections 1 and 7 of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 ( 52 & 53 Vict. c. 69 ) . |
| 11 | The MLSTP won 30.53 per cent of the vote and 21 of the 55 seats ( previously 40 ) in the National People 's Assembly . |
| 12 | And 21 of the alternative places identified by Ann Widdecombe , parliamentary secretary for social security , are actually in a North Tyneside hostel set aside for women only . |
| 13 | This rally was addressed by Gerry Fitt , Betty Sinclair , Roddy Connolly , Sean Nolan of the Irish Workers ' Party ( the name of the Communist Party in the south ) , and three of the Young Turks from the Derry Labour and republican left . |
| 14 | The five ‘ most deprived ’ Authorities now include Liverpool and Knowsley and three of the poorest areas of Inner London . |
| 15 | The driver , Brian Smillie , 33 , of Thornbridge Road , Glasgow , and three of the six passengers , all from Glasgow , were detained in Monklands General Hospital . |
| 16 | Paragraph 33(b) and 890 of the National Conditions of Service cover all aspects of the Management Offer with the following exceptions . |
| 17 | By late April 1980 between sixty and sixty-five of the seventy employees had joined or applied to join . |
| 18 | And two-fifths of the ex-care women had become pregnant before the age of nineteen years , while none of the comparison group had done so . |
| 19 | More than 1,500 lichens , 680 mosses and 380 of the related liverworts occur in Britain ( as opposed to only 1,700 flowering plants ) . |
| 20 | Eleven of the working-class and fourteen of the middle-class housewives had washing machines : use of a machine in one 's own home lightens the task . |
| 21 | By 1947 they controlled 11 of the 29 mornings and 33 of the 76 evenings ( with minority interest in six more ) . |
| 22 | And eighty of the hundred women here say , yes , despite the responsibilities which have been outlined , they would go for parenthood . |
| 23 | This however , was the only unscheduled interruption , and twenty-three of the twenty-four Hurricanes landed safely on the island . |
| 24 | As he applied it to Putt 's body the sickening stench of burning flesh rose into the air and one of the gipsy men uttered a faint sound of revulsion . |
| 25 | He 's lying on the ground , and one of the inch-high companions walks in front of his face to verify he 's dead . |
| 26 | A swell swept him forward , and one of the uniformed terrorists caught his wrist . |
| 27 | He spilled some of the machine tea from the plastic cups as he moved , and one of the wizened youths glanced back for a moment in disapproval . |
| 28 | One of the young women is not honest , and one of the young men is weak , and these two pay dearly for their lapses . |
| 29 | Mitchell appeared on the scene shortly before the arrival of Norman Bowler , a friend of Ricky Stride and one of the young men who used to meet at Runnymede on Sundays to exercise , camp or swim . |
| 30 | She smiled at them again , and one of the young men leant towards his companion and said something which made them both laugh . |