Example sentences of "[was/were] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 850 complaints about computer and software advertising in 1992 , so it pays to be able to read between the lines of an advert . |
| 2 | There were 850 complaints about computer and software advertising in 1992 , so it pays to be able to read between the lines of an advert . |
| 3 | On Sept. 20 , in Estonia 's first post-independence elections , the right-wing nationalist Fatherland group ( Isamaa ) and other right-wing parties won a strong position in the Parliament ( Riigikogu ) ; there were 633 candidates for 101 seats , elected by a complex system of proportional representation . |
| 4 | Already they were fifty feet above the ground , and rising . |
| 5 | There were 327 children on the list on April 1 , an increase of just two on the previous quarter . |
| 6 | There were 75 registrations for Livewire in County Durham this year , seven of which reached yesterday 's final . |
| 7 | In 1988 there were 105.3 suicides per 100,000 Aborigines in South Australia , compared with only 10.1 per 100,000 in 1981 . |
| 8 | In Europeans there were 32 deaths during the study period , although 44.6 were expected . |
| 9 | There were 256 squares on the board and each player had 19 or 13 pieces . |
| 10 | There were eleven taps in Liese 's house — Apricot had counted — including the garden tap . |
| 11 | Shiites believe that there were eleven Imams after Ali and that the twelfth Imam disappeared from human view around then ninth century but still exists in spirit . |
| 12 | There were eleven men in the boat , but three of them were prisoners . |
| 13 | This is also a belief held by my squad and so , neck-high in wallop , come three o'clock we were eleven hangovers in search of a kick around . |
| 14 | ( 6 ) There were 1.58 children under the age of 16 for each economically inactive lone mother in 1981 . |
| 15 | At the start of 1992 there were 1,377 companies in the Extended HGSC Index ( excluding investment trusts ) and they had a total market capitalisation of £45bn . |
| 16 | Karin Landgren , a Swede taking over UNHCR operations in Bosnia , said there were 2,300 tons of food and medical supplies in warehouses in Sarajevo and at the airport . |
| 17 | There were 79 students at Saddlebrook during the 1990–91 school year , including James Prendiville , Julian Shamsa and Hesham Busefi who is from London . |
| 18 | By the end of the year there were 79 boys in the three Senior forms , and 62 in the two Junior . |
| 19 | In 1950 there were 385,000 divorces in the United States compared with 264,000 in the last pre-war year , 1940 . |
| 20 | In 1086 there were 278 salt-pools in Lincolnshire , in Sussex 285 , and many other coastal counties had a considerable salt industry at this period . |
| 21 | The event was a great success and there were 120 entrants from throughout the Northern region . |
| 22 | In 1988 there were 5,105 applications for asylum in the UK . |
| 23 | There were eight ladies to be accommodated . |
| 24 | There were eight women at the meeting that night , sitting hunched about the room and on the floor . |
| 25 | On Monday , there were eight hours of concerts , all semi-finals . |
| 26 | There were eight smokers in the duodenal ulcer group and three in each of the other two groups . |
| 27 | There were eight nominations for the post , but six withdrew before the voting , leaving a contest between Gorbachev and Temuraz Avaliani , municipal party first secretary in the Kuzbass mining town of Kiselevsk . |
| 28 | Benny felt as if she were eight years of age again , instead of almost eighteen . |
| 29 | By dawn they were eight miles off shore under fighter aircraft 's escort . |
| 30 | Hachani was arrested on Jan. 22 , as were eight journalists of the Al-Khabar newspaper . |