Example sentences of "[num] of [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A healthy distrust since Big Bang in October 1986 of stockbrokers ' research . |
| 2 | Just slipping and dropping a wing while loading it into the trailer will cause hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage , and although most gliders are insured , every accident eventually results in higher premiums and higher costs for gliding enthusiasts . |
| 3 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 4 | Hundreds of customers ' details can be stored on one diskette , as can whole spreadsheets , and the diskettes can then be kept safely in a secure place away from the computer . |
| 5 | Troops from Papua New Guinea were used to crush the rebellion and to arrest hundreds of Stevens ' supporters . |
| 6 | They do not want hundreds of readers ' letters complaining that the product can not be obtained in Manchester , when the release could have stated that the product was on test market in London and the South-East . |
| 7 | Hundreds of spiders ' webs , suspended between twigs bearing yellowing leaves and clusters of scarlet rose hips are decorated with water droplets that sparkle in the weak sun that occasionally penetrates the murk . |
| 8 | The tax burden imposed on workers to pay for welfare services opened up a gap between the cost of labour to the employer ( the wage gross of employers ' and employees ' social security contributions and of income tax ) and what the worker received ( the wage net of all these deductions ) . |
| 9 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 10 | Presently , only some 2,500 of Pegasus ' 80,000-odd users are running their accounts on Unix of any kind . |
| 11 | The poll tax has wasted £14 billion of taxpayers ' money , led to cuts in services and jobs , caused great hardship for thousands of people , and has led to a general breakdown in law and order . |
| 12 | IT IS a rare event — in the industrialised world , at least — for a state-owned enterprise to go bust , leaving banks with billions of dollars ' worth of bad loans . |
| 13 | According to a 1988 census about one-quarter of Brussels ' population of 9,927,000 comprised foreign nationals , including 135,000 from Maghreb countries ; many thousands more north Africans were known to have arrived illegally since then . |
| 14 | This effectively increased the share of central grants to about three-quarters of councils ' income . |
| 15 | The headhunters ' fees are large because of the very real difficulty of attracting key people and because bringing in these outstanding people can add millions of pounds ' revenue to client organisations , which makes the headhunter 's fee appear small in comparison with the overall potential gains . |
| 16 | Will my hon. Friend pay particular attention to the application of a company in my constituency which requires a small amount of insurance cover that could lead to tens of millions of pounds ' worth of business ? |
| 17 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 18 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 19 | They would probably suggest that during millions of years ' evolution , women 's instincts have developed in such a way as to protect and nourish family and kin . |
| 20 | A year-long joint undercover operation by US and Guam police uncovered a Guam-Belau drug ring in mid-1989 , leading to the arrest of 40 people who were charged with smuggling millions of dollars ' worth of heroin and marijuana to the USA between 1984 and 1989 . |
| 21 | Over 50 people were killed and millions of dollars ' worth of carpets and other goods were destroyed . |
| 22 | Young and confident , she had traded millions of dollars ' worth of metals without a thought . |
| 23 | This structuring function of the Court of Appeal was further strengthened by the appearance in 1970 of Thomas ' Principles of Sentencing which provided an accessible digest of a great many of its decisions , both reported and unreported . |
| 24 | Indeed Karelius , in opera cloak and one of Aranyos ' dandyish suits , flattered himself he looked as distinguished as any . |
| 25 | Finally , the impressive array of late nineteenth century pictures includes one of Degas ' most audacious racing scenes , Whistler 's Symphony in White No . |
| 26 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
| 27 | Peter was accused three times , as he sat in the courtyard of the high priest 's house , of being one of Jesus ' men and three times he denied it . |
| 28 | Windows can be used on an 80286 based computer , but it will operate noticeably slower and can not take advantage of one of Windows ' main characteristics — Multi-tasking . |
| 29 | As one of Briggs ' former colleagues , Dr Peter Friedland , now head of RIACS , politely expressed it : ‘ People thought it was not a substantial contribution ’ . |
| 30 | In 1979 one of Honduras ' meagre concessions to land reform had given Santos ' group of 16 families a 14-hectare plot on a steep hillside . |