Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [art] total [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1960 and 1980 the total acreage devoted to food production in Africa increased from about 70 million hectares to about 100 million , or about 2.5 per cent per year , sufficient to sustain a population increase of about 2.7 per cent . |
| 2 | Between 1951 and 1980 the total area brought under afforestation schemes was 3.18m ha , and 2.2m ha ( nearly 70% ) were plantations for industrial purposes . |
| 3 | Between 1976 and 1986 the total number of one parent families increased by 35 per cent . |
| 4 | Between 1971 and 1987 the total labour force increased by 2.3 million , and almost the whole of this was attributable to increased employment among women . |
| 5 | Between 1950 and 1989 the total number of people held in gaols and prisons across the United States leapt from 264,500 to 999,400 . |
| 6 | Between 1979 and 1988 the total number of indictable offences known to the police ( ignoring offences of criminal damage of value 20 or less ) increased by just under 50 per cent ( the 1988 total was in fact 4.5 per cent down on the previous year ) . |