Example sentences of "[prep] the [num] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | UNTAC 's idea is to bid for the 100,000 soldiers ' loyalty by paying their wages . |
2 | LIVERPOOL 'S David Matthews has replaced Fred Howard on England 's three-man referees ' panel for the Five Nations ' Championship . |
3 | claims that Holiday Inns ' commitment to TQM , introduced to the group in 1989 , made it easier for the 14 Scotts ' Hospitality properties to switch their franchise to Marriott Hotels , who are long-standing TQM enthusiasts . |
4 | Four pages ( 7gv. -81r. ) , headed ‘ Dance for the Four Seasons ' [ , ] are also left vacant in Act IV . |
5 | Yeltsin made an official visit to Italy on Dec. 19-20 , signing with the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a joint declaration establishing the basis for the two countries ' relationship . |
6 | It stokes up the pressure for the two teams ' clash in East Anglia on 5 April . |
7 | Within minutes of the disaster , Blairman 's offered me a desk and telephone , Mallett 's provided porters and storage for the 60 years ' accumulation which had to be out of Mount Street in two days . |
8 | A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with . |
9 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
10 | Leaving the Lobkovic Palace , walk on down the hill to the American Embassy ( 15/365 ) formerly the Schönborn Palace ( 15/365 ) whose original owners , the Colloredo , were important militarily during the Thirty Years ' War . |
11 | There is also a copy here of the Black Madonna of St Foy , brought from Belgium during the Thirty Years ' War . |
12 | But he also showed a striking interest in international developments , particularly the progress of the Protestant cause in France and Germany during the Thirty Years ' War . |
13 | It was Gwynne who in 1696 proposed the introduction of a loyal association , in response to revelations about the assassination plot , and who in 1698 led the inquiry into clandestine trade with France during the nine years ' war . |
14 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
15 | This is a fortified church , because during the Hundred Years ' War the walls were raised and a chemin de ronde or covered battlement was added all the way round the building , deducible from outside from the row of arched apertures for the defenders set close together under the roof-line , like large pigeon-holes . |
16 | This arrangement means there is no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a State of Emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
17 | This discreet arrangement means , among other things , that there was no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a state of emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
18 | the convictions of ( 1 ) the person who took off his clothes in one of the fountains in Trafalgar Square ; ( 2 ) the persons who shouted ‘ Remember Biafra ’ during the two minutes ' silence at the 1969 Remembrance Day ceremony in Whitehall ; and ( 3 ) the person who painted the word ‘ Jews ’ in two foot high letters on the garden wall of a house occupied by a Jewish family , the father of whom had been a prisoner at Dachau . |
19 | Music had been important to her and the shelves held a catholic collection of records with which he could refresh or console himself during the two weeks ' holiday . |
20 | Remarkably , their table I shows that the median symptom scores for episodes of hypoglycaemia during the two months ' treatment are higher with porcine than human insulin for seven of the nine items and identical only for the remaining two ; the scores at the onset of attacks show the greatest difference . |
21 | The opportunity for a serious educational intervention was missed : a sad contrast to the rapid organisation of adult education lectures by Yorkshire WEA and Nottingham University during the 1926 miners ' lockout , especially in the light of the College 's unambiguous commitment to a working-class adult education that is independent and emancipatory , that analyses and seeks to explain the structures of inequality and power that operate in British society and elsewhere . |
22 | [ That this House welcomes the public announcement by Her Majesty 's Government of the identity of the new head of MI5 ; but calls on Her Majesty 's Government to make a full statement about the role of Stella Rimington , in particular in connection with the activities of Mr. David Hart during the 1984 miners ' strike . ] |
23 | Sampson Lloyd 's iron business prospered during the Seven Years ' War , but the peace in 1763 posed a challenge , as did the need to provide careers for his four sons . |
24 | He served with both Horse and Foot in Germany during the Seven Years ' War , an experience to which he often subsequently referred . |
25 | They were also important military remittance contractors during the Seven Years ' War . |
26 | The fun stops during the 90 minutes ' play , though , because Taylor wants ‘ a good win ’ . |
27 | But this joint venture between the two parents ' genes worked only for the main genes within the nucleus of a living cell . |
28 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
29 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
30 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |