Example sentences of "[art] [num] [noun pl] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 426 chemicals cleared for use in farming , 166 are known to cause , or are suspected of links with cancer , birth defects , genetic mutations and allergies . |
| 2 | THE LEADER of the eight miners trapped for 15 hours half a mile underground told yesterday of their joy at seeing the first rescuer . |
| 3 | This is a design that I call ‘ Bubbles ’ , which describes the overall look of the design , without exceeding the eight letters allowed for a name within the Creation 5 programme . |
| 4 | The new rule would have allowed 85 per cent of the 365 permits issued for field tests and 724 sites to have gone forward under the simpler notification . |
| 5 | The 12 wells chosen for this study cover a wide area from the Elbe river in Germany to the North Sea coast in Holland . |
| 6 | Nomvete said that nine of the 12 countries identified for the organization 's programme of gradual reduction of tariffs on trade among PTA members had already published their tariffs . |
| 7 | Although the by-election victory of Gilles Duceppe , a union organizer and son of Quebec 's best-known actor , increased the group 's parliamentary strength to eight , it remained four short of the 12 members needed for recognition as an official party within the House of Commons . |
| 8 | MPs spent two hours discussing the make-up of a committee to draw up a new system of presidential power and cabinet veto , and it was significant that the 12 names mentioned for the committee included several Christian deputies , but only one Maronite . |
| 9 | The party ran only 148 candidates , of whom 136 were elected , a larger proportion than in recent elections , but far short of the 257 seats required for an overall majority in the 512-member House of Representatives . |
| 10 | The pickets were not passed by the 30 workers arriving for the morning shift . |
| 11 | Two of the 26 students looking for work were polytechnic students . |
| 12 | The six credits required for the BA have been largely technology based with a strong emphasis on environmental issues and their control . |
| 13 | The six fabliaux selected for summarizing here are , if in any way at all , only slightly untypical in being generally longer than average , this being an efficient way of conveying something of the range of what is to be found amongst the French fabliaux . |
| 14 | No final decision on the fate of the 10 pits earmarked for immediate shutdown must be made until they , too , had been reviewed by Mr Heseltine 's Department of Trade and Industry , said the judges . |
| 15 | Union leader Arthur Scargill said : ‘ We are asking that the 10 pits earmarked for immediate closure are put into full operational order again , immediately . ’ |
| 16 | In each of the 10 practices selected for the study the practice manager or lead fundholding clinician , or both , agreed to be interviewed . |
| 17 | When it came to the vote , Democrat legislators split 115:150 against the motion , while all but two of the 166 Republicans voted for it . |
| 18 | There are three strands of answer to this , each of which has much purchase ; I can do no better than to let the espousers of the three strands speak for themselves . |
| 19 | the three dimensions caged for climbing |
| 20 | The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate . |
| 21 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 22 | On July 13-14 both Australia and the USA called for the addition of energy-related products to the three categories agreed for negotiations ( forestry , fisheries , and non-ferrous minerals and metals ) . |
| 23 | One of the Railway 's biggest tasks was replacing the three bridges removed for legal reasons by BR at closure . |
| 24 | like the three sisters longing for Moscow . |
| 25 | At the top of the Exit Cracks the three men stopped for a rest . |
| 26 | Certainly the August cover image is likely to have prompted the three votes received for the king vulture . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 28 | One-third of the 202 students looking for work were hoping/planning to become computer programmers : this was the largest single category . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Delyn MP David Hanson has called on British Coal to withdraw the advance redundancy notices sent out to workers at the 31 pits listed for closure . |
| 30 | Of the 146 patients referred for endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis the overall success rate for clearing the common bile duct stones was 72.6% which is somewhat lower than other reported series but might reflect the selection of patients to a specialised centre . |