Example sentences of "[det] of [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purging this of its state-centrism , we must ask why the capitalist global system relies on stability in the Third World and how it uses the transnational capitalist class , whether in the form of the triple alliance or some other grouping , to deliver this . |
| 2 | How could they possibly assess the value of the trinkets being imported — suitcases and crates crammed with carpets , pictures , furniture , diamonds , strings of pearls , ruby rings , emerald earring , tiaras , silver money transfers -all most every rich person in the country suddenly want this of her money telexed to accounts in Switzerland , Paris London , New York , the Cayman Islands . |
| 3 | Even the township of Deir Yassin — notorious in Palestinian history as the village in which Jewish gangs massacred 250 Arabs , half of them women and children , in April of 1948 — has vanished . |
| 4 | In January 1987 a pilot project in the village of Nomgaana gave 48 villagers ( half of them women ) an eight-week intensive course in literacy . |
| 5 | Police arrested 26 demonstrators , over half of them women , for ’ trespassing ’ and ’ causing a public nuisance ’ . |
| 6 | Another cushion comes in part-time workers ( about 400 in 1989 ) , at least half of them women who were coming back part-time from a career-break scheme . |
| 7 | Over six million Germans had lost their lives during the war , about half of them soldiers , and most of those in the age group 18–35 . |
| 8 | Around 100,000 asylum seekers and refugees were estimated to be living in Switzerland at the end of 1990 , over half of them being people whose applications had not yet been processed . |
| 9 | Christian deputies have been trying to obtain some form of timetable for a Syrian military withdrawal before accepting political reforms , but at their fifth meeting yesterday , the 62 MPs — half of them Christians — were persuaded to debate the future powers of a Christian Maronite president . |
| 10 | About 12,000 sorties were flown in the first week — about half of them bombing raids , the rest involving air refuelling , reconnaissance , fighter cover and the like . |
| 11 | OVER 50 ROMANIAN players , nearly half of them internationals , have joined French clubs . |
| 12 | Three weeks at an hotel with German waiters , half of them spies . ’ |
| 13 | The current drug of choice is oxybutynin , which in divided daily doses of between 5 and 15 mg may improve symptoms in up to 70% of patients but will make only half of them continent . |
| 14 | That may be half of what Darren paid for it , but in absolute terms it 's incredibly low depreciation over 40,000 and adds up to an excellent value motoring package . |
| 15 | Those who were compelled to use oil for heating and enjoyed a drink and a smoke received an income support entitlement that was just over half of what experts identified as necessary to meet their requirements . |
| 16 | They only hear half of what God has been saying . |
| 17 | Speaking in his strong Wearside accent , demolition expert Adrian admitted yesterday : ‘ I could n't understand half of what people were saying . ’ |
| 18 | While half of her brain hated and despised them for the job they were doing , the other half acknowledged that at least part of her present mission was to buy newspapers and read what was said . |
| 19 | Most of her rent — £96 a month — is covered by housing benefit but she still has to pay about half of her poll tax . |
| 20 | Half at least of her day she spent in the closed and sealed place of her lady 's captivity , half of her night imprisoned with the boy . |
| 21 | so it looks as if she saves half of her money and then spends a bit more than a quarter . |
| 22 | She had told him half of her worry , but the other half she had kept to herself . |
| 23 | Later he was not content with half of her earnings and wanted most of it . |
| 24 | Stretching her brown , barefooted legs out in front of her and exposing half of her thighs , Melody gave Seb what he had come to think of as one of her ‘ looks ’ . |
| 25 | Now in her midforties , she is an ex-addict who works in her chosen field out of emotional necessity — the Aids virus has claimed the lives of half of her community . |
| 26 | Yet even as one half of her mind speculated on its significance , the other half reminded her that if she had stumbled on this odd circumstance , then the police would almost certainly have done so in the course of their routine enquiries and , since Barney was still their prime suspect , found a satisfactory explanation . |
| 27 | She spent half of her morning crying . |
| 28 | Hungary stood out as the most environmentally aware country in Eastern Europe , with over half of its companies having implemented environmental policy . |
| 29 | The rule of thumb is that a model is a potential target if at least half of its base area if covered by the template . |
| 30 | I think it is arguable that the fact that Channel 4 did do something different , and for much of this period has had almost half of its management structure female , actually led , inside the Channel , to a totally taken-for-granted different way of behaving and thinking about things , and a lack of poncing around , a lack of all these other structures and hierarchies . |