Example sentences of "[num] of [noun pl] ' " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This effectively increased the share of central grants to about three-quarters of councils ' income . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Over 50 people were killed and millions of dollars ' worth of carpets and other goods were destroyed . |
| 18 | Young and confident , she had traded millions of dollars ' worth of metals without a thought . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | During the project there was a shift away from locating the issue as one of girls ' motivation towards attempts to change the nature of school science . |
| 21 | They were old motorbike cops or something , one of thems ' name was Mokey |
| 22 | Now , three-fifths of insurers ' assets are bonds — a quarter of them government bonds . |
| 23 | They would be worth one-fifth of residents ' pay and cover half the value of the goods . |
| 24 | Four of Hills ' top six come from the BBC but Eldorado is well down the field at 50-1 . |
| 25 | Swiss authorities are probing the alleged misappropriation of about £60 million of investors ' funds . |
| 26 | Barlow Clowes collapsed in June 1988 putting at risk £190 million of investors ' money . |
| 27 | In February 1990 , a firm called Garston Amhurst , a tied agent of Target , the life company sold by TSB to Equity & Law in January at a substantial loss , was shut down by the Securities and Investments Board after £2 million of investors ' money went missing . |
| 28 | The subjects of the investigation , the Alexander Howden and PCW frauds , together involved more than $100 million of investors ' money . |
| 29 | UNIVERSITY administrators who wasted £11.3 million of taxpayers ' money by re-employing more than 200 redundant academics given ‘ golden goodbyes ’ averaging £80,000 each are to be summoned by the Commons public accounts committee to explain their mistakes . |
| 30 | Today the Government , of course , still denies legal responsibility — presumably to frighten off any other claimants — but will dispense £150 million of taxpayers ' money to com pensate investors of both the Barlow Clowes UK fund and the Gibraltar based international fund ( which is n't covered by the Department of Trade 's writ and which offered rates of interest on allegedly gilt-edged stock which were not possible with out tax avoidance ) . |