Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 168 vacancies thus created , 42 were to be filled by new borough seats , including eight new London seats and seats for Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham ; 55 were to be devoted to the provision of additional members for countries , to augment what had traditionally been regarded as the most " independent " element in the representative system ; and nine new places were to be given to Scotland , Ireland and Wales . |
| 2 | A used 1980 Squirrel recently sold for £370,000 . |
| 3 | According to figures released by Durham constabulary there are 15,931 firearms legally held in the county , 11,098 are shotguns . |
| 4 | Eight preceptors partially disrupted . |
| 5 | Almost three-quarters of city residents felt that their neighbourhood was a good or excellent place to live , whilst around two-thirds felt strongly attached to their neighbourhood ( Ahlbrandt and Cunningham , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | Though this was a major achievement , the 1980 census still revealed marked differences by gender and region . |
| 7 | The 1980 WIRS also contained questions on the use of fixed-term contract and agency workers . |
| 8 | A mortar attack 30 minutes earlier forced frightened staff to hurriedly fill in the two tiny holes and run for cover . |
| 9 | Britain ended the war with 475,000 houses either destroyed , or so badly damaged that they were made permanently uninhabitable . |
| 10 | On April 22 Taylor reportedly told visiting US congressmen that the NPFL would not accept any decisions by Sawyer . |
| 11 | A similar pattern was seen for use of intrauterine devices ( relative risk 0.4 ( 0.2 to 0.7 ) in current users and 1.4 ( 0.4 to 3.2 ) in users 49–72 months previously compared with never users ) . |
| 12 | From 1979 , when the hybrids were distributed on a wide scale , to 1985 yields almost doubled . |
| 13 | A friend and follower of William Blake in his youth , Palmer was living in great poverty when he received the commission to illustrate Pictures From Italy after Stanfield 's defection ; time was short , and he provided not the 12 plates originally planned but four vignettes engraved on wood . |
| 14 | For example the Welsh Commission undertook a Special Community Review to create a proper community structure , because the 1972 Act simply designated all the former parishes , boroughs and urban districts as communities irrespective of size and population . |
| 15 | The Allaire report proposed that the province should have autonomy in 22 areas currently controlled wholly or partially by the federal government in Ottawa , and that federal government should be responsible only for defence , foreign policy , customs and some fiscal matters . |
| 16 | 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice |
| 17 | SGI claims some 1,600 applications now run on GL . |
| 18 | ‘ I found a church with an amazing 12th-century carved stone altar in Beaujolais in a village called Avenas : Christ and the 12 apostles intricately carved , virtually intact . ’ |
| 19 | Thirty-one crocodiles illegally exported to the US have been returned to their indigenous Nigeria . |
| 20 | In the congressional elections the PRI won a total of 326 seats in the 500-member Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of the Congress , taking 290 of the 300 seats directly contested ( the 200 remaining seats being assigned under a complex system of proportional representation designed to favour smaller parties . |
| 21 | 2 days entirely dedicated to the fantasy world of EURO DISNEYLAND . |
| 22 | The 1985 GHS also included a special set of questions concerning informal care . |
| 23 | The fizz of 300 sparklers soon lit up the atmosphere , as across the darkened hall wailed the haunting sound of sitar ( played by Sikhs from Britain Sikh Human Rights Movement ) . |
| 24 | The current work adopts a novel methodology in which 174 firms originally interviewed during the initial research in Scotland , South East England and The Bay Area of California in the USA will be re-contacted to explore factors critical to the management of innovation ( eg finance , R & D ) , and add a time series dimension to the data compiled on innovative performance . |
| 25 | Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza officially confirmed on 12 February that within one or two months he will agree to the permanent disposition of his 800 paintings now leased to the Spanish government and housed in the Palace of Villahermosa , Madrid ( just across the road from the Prado ) and at the Monastery of Pedralbes , Barcelona . |
| 26 | 1 x 8-inch shallow fluted shortcrust pastry case , blind baked and cooled 2 eggs lightly beaten with 4 tbsp soured cream the zest of 1 lemon and 1½ tbsp lemon juice 6 tbsp golden syrup 3 tbsp freshly ground almonds |
| 27 | Only needs two hundred and forty yards fully loaded . ’ |
| 28 | Among the 439 patients who were given para-aortic irradiation , 6 developed secondary gastric carcinoma ( 2.4% 15-year cumulative incidence rate ) , by contrast with no gastric carcinomas in 453 patients not treated with such irradiation . |
| 29 | An estimated 2,000,000 people either fled or were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane . |
| 30 | The report , ordered by the Chief of the Armed Forces ( ABRI ) , Gen. Try Sutrisno , said that of the 115 people previously reported missing , 31 had returned to their villages by June 28 while 18 graves had been discovered at Hera . |