Example sentences of "[num] [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight per cent of women aged 18 — 49 were cohabiting in 1988 , and over 20 per cent of those had never been married ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 2 | The first year 's trapping suggested that Platycheirus albimanus was the commonest garden hoverfly , forming almost a fifth of the total catch ; a fifth of the species trapped in 1972 were represented by only one individual , and the average number of individuals per species was 29 . |
| 3 | He also said that his government would welcome the return of the 80,000 Ugandans Asians who in 1972 were forced by Amin to flee the country [ see pp. 25469-70 ] , and confirmed that they would be able to recover their property or seek compensation for their losses . |
| 4 | For example , 6,760 were recorded at Selsey Bill between 23 April and 1 May 1962 , 4,310 at Beachy Head between 15 April and 2 June , 1971 , and 7,490 there between 25 March and 17 May 1973 , and 6,450 between 29 February and 15 May 1976 . |
| 5 | I am not drawing comparisons here , I am just making the point that 500-plus were lost in the Battle of Britain and nearly 700 were lost at Nuremburg on one raid . |
| 6 | Twenty-six officers were sentenced to death , three peers , including Derwentwater , were executed ; of the rank and file 700 were sentenced to seven years ' transportation to the West Indies . |
| 7 | No doubt Mr. Spencer was pleased to note that S.M.E.T. Nos. 36–51 were equipped with track brakes which he had invented many years ago at Bradford . |
| 8 | Of these , 371,000 were thought to be Protestant , 271,000 Catholic and 5,000 Jews . |
| 9 | In the Western Province , where the police reforms of the 1890s were implemented with more vigour than in Kurunagala , organized stealing did not decline . |
| 10 | The Northern Region , Scotland and Northern Ireland recorded the highest age-adjusted mortality rates in 1986 , at over 13.0 per thousand , while the lowest at under 11.0 were found in East Anglia , the South West and the South East . |
| 11 | Only four men aged between eighteen and forty-five were described in the returns as farmers . |
| 12 | At the time of the study , about 75000 civil servants from a total of about 700000 were based in central London . |
| 13 | The large families in class V were born of ignorance and fear of sex and contraception , and of reluctance to discuss them by parents . |
| 14 | Two people died and 542 were injured in the London terminus accident . |
| 15 | It is more likely that the waters of Marah referred to in Exodus 15:23–25 were contaminated with iron rather than algae as Dr S. Fletcher suggest ( Chem . |
| 16 | A number of documents concerning trading contacts between the two countries in 1993 were signed at the meeting . |
| 17 | A total of 22 were moved into first-floor wards . |
| 18 | Iraqi claims that the oil had been released by allied attacks on two Iraqi tankers on Jan. 22 were dismissed by most commentators . |
| 19 | The route from Bombay 's Victoria Terminus perhaps the most impressive station in the world , and noted for its decorative friezes which are dedicated to the railways of North-East England , including Stephenson and the embryonic Stockton and Darlington Railway crosses 100 bridge spans in the first 24 miles , of which 22 were fabricated by DWEC ( 1878–1905 ) . |
| 20 | Oligonucleotides 1-5 were used as single stranded competitor or probe Oligonucleotides 6-10 were used as double stranded competitor or probe |
| 21 | The riots in 1981 and 1985 were thought by some to be a product of racial tension . |
| 22 | Three of the last seven concerts of 1985 were described as : ‘ Excellent ’ and one was ‘ Quite good — sold three T-shirts ! ’ |
| 23 | Five foreigners kidnapped by a Turkish Kurdish group on Aug. 30 were released on Sept. 20 . |
| 24 | Wilson claimed that at least 30 were promoted by the Shipping Federation alone . |
| 25 | Women over 30 were enfranchised in 1918 and over 21 in 1928 . |
| 26 | Scott 's research show that among the top 250 British enterprises in 1976 , 43 were controlled by personal shareholders , 71 by corporate owners , and 110 by a mixture ( Scott , 1985 , p. 77 ) . |
| 27 | I SAY that Rocky Marciano had 49 fights , of which 43 were won by knockout , six went the distance and there were no draws . |
| 28 | p Values of below 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant . |
| 29 | Of these victims 367 were claimed in Farnes 's games for Essex , for whom he once performed the hat trick — against Nottinghamshire in 1939 — and for whom his best performance was 15 for 113 against Glamorgan in 1938 . |
| 30 | At least 24 people died and 300 were injured after a series of tornadoes and storms ripped across Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia , Tennessee and Kentucky on Nov. 21-22 . |