Example sentences of "[vb pp] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Air Force assigned 42–108777 to the Santa Maria Air Base where her two-seat capability was put to good use . |
| 2 | The British units have already shed 1,730 of the 5,500 workers that they employed before going into receivership at the start of February . |
| 3 | It had compressed two-thirds of the marrow and trapped the nerves . |
| 4 | British firms or consortia have won two-thirds of the consultancy contracts for the territory 's £8.5 billion port and airport project . |
| 5 | In elections to rural councils independent candidates won two-thirds of the seats and 80 per cent of mayorships . |
| 6 | Jodami was entered in the Martell Cup at Aintree , which has attracted 12 of the 13 finishers in the Gold Cup . |
| 7 | It does n't do the name of boxing any good whatsoever , he 's made twenty two comeback fights , he 's won twenty-one inside the distance , but nobody is a name . |
| 8 | The Trent Bridge slaughter in no way compensated for that World Cup final defeat — or being outclassed 2-1 in the summer 's Cornhill Test series . |
| 9 | The UDHK had won 12 of the 18 directly elected seats in the September 1991 elections to the Legislative Council [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 10 | The Financial Times of Sept. 22 reported that pro-Chinese associations had won 12 of the 16 elective seats . |
| 11 | He himself invented the name , and also edited hundreds of the titles , from Atomic Physics and Swahili , from Practical Concreting to Budgerigars and Canasta . |
| 12 | The firm occupied 10 of the 23 floors in a building now owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority . |
| 13 | Socred , hit by scandal allegations , won only seven seats , compared with 43 at dissolution ( having won 47 in the 1986 elections [ see p. 38940 ] , and Rita Johnston , the Premier since April 1991 [ see p. 38140 ] , lost her seat . |
| 14 | The Indians in their own habitat are a completely different proposition and it is not surprising that England have only won three of the nine Test series in India . |
| 15 | ‘ During the contest , it 's fair to tackle someone if necessary ; you do whatever it takes , ’ says Stan Boris , a Charlevoix picker who has won 11 of the past 14 championships . |
| 16 | The main loser in the election was Rengo-no-Kai , a loose political movement backed by Japan 's largest labour organization , which , shortly after its formation in 1989 , had won 11 of the 12 seats which it had contested in the upper house elections . |
| 17 | Anyway it 's the first time since the Revie years that we 've won 5 on the trot in the league so lets just be happy for a while . |
| 18 | Do nt be suprised to see marks of 7 or 8 for Leeds this week — as all of a sudden its becoming well known that we ve won 5 on the trot — and pretty hard to ignore us . |
| 19 | In the first round Aristide 's National Front for Change and Democracy ( NFCD ) had won 25 of the 110 seats in the two legislative chambers , while 13 went to the National Alliance for Democracy and Progress ( ANDP ) led by Marc Bazin and Serge Gilles . |
| 20 | Laar 's party had won 29 of the 101 parliamentary seats in the September elections and with Moderates and the Estonian National Independence Party constituted the majority in the new parliament . |
| 21 | Now , in the early morning privacy of the bathroom , Matilda unscrewed the cap of her father 's OIL OF VIOLETS and tipped three-quarters of the contents down the drain . |
| 22 | By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , the Gloucester was deemed one of the country 's better dairy cows and a useful draught ox . |
| 23 | A DOCTOR has solved one of the abiding mysteries of Christmas : the illness suffered by Charles Dickens 's character Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol . |
| 24 | After the applicant has approached one of the solicitors , the Commissioner will then contact the solicitor and a law costs agreement will be negotiated and drawn up . |
| 25 | England had failed to qualify for the finals , Scotland had defeated Wales in an emotional match at Liverpool 's Anfield Stadium and Ally McLeod , a supremely patriotic manager given to hyperbole and heart-wrenching nationalism had amassed one of the finest footballing sides for years . |
| 26 | After 40 moves , he had regained one of the pawns , but had a miserably passive position to defend . |
| 27 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 28 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 29 | Chapelcross has won one of the awards before but the brothers ' achievement was particularly pleasing , said Training Officer Willie Banks . |
| 30 | Bruce Maidment has won one of the major Thames races for the ninth successive year . |