Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The true explanation is utterly different , and it had to wait for one of the most revolutionary thinkers of all time , Charles Darwin . |
| 2 | Mind you , the combination of a few too many pints before the game and only being able to see about 3/4 of the pitch would n't have made for a very comprehensive report anyway ! |
| 3 | Once water is removed from the animal matter ( about 60 per cent ) the dried remains burn easily , producing about two-thirds of the weight of coal . |
| 4 | By 1913 the United States was producing about one-third of the total manufacturing output of the whole world : this was as much as Great Britain , France and Germany together . |
| 5 | A ‘ standard ’ drink is calculated as one of the following : |
| 6 | The interatomic distance ( A ) is given for one of the five contacts . |
| 7 | Consequently the predisposition is sustained as one of the epigenetic rules . |
| 8 | One of Britain 's top jump jockeys , he had ridden the winners of over 350 races in his career and was recognized as one of the toughest of a tough breed . |
| 9 | The buildings date from the 1870s and are recognized as one of the best , if not the best , surviving groups of commercial buildings of that time . |
| 10 | The fact that Balboa caused the Ocean to become a Spanish lake , in effect , would come to be recognized as one of the most important stratagems in the development of the modern world . |
| 11 | By the year 2000 it will overtake the USA in terms of production and account for one-fifth of the energy produced in the world . |
| 12 | The brew has been listed as one of the UK 's top 100 by a multimillion circulation national magazine . |
| 13 | William Gilkison is remembered still in the history of Ontario and is listed as one of the founding fathers of the province . |
| 14 | We had Latowa listed as one of the ‘ Big Talk , Big Ideal , Big Dreams ’ type . |
| 15 | Leadership would also be listed as one of the functions of management . |
| 16 | This was because Watt engines consumed about one-third of the amount of coal that Newcomen engines did and coal had to be transported to Cornwall . |
| 17 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
| 18 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |
| 19 | Use 750g/1¼lb of the marzipan to cover larger cake : first fill any gaps around base then , using about two-thirds of the remainder , roll out a strip to cover side of cake completely . |
| 20 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 21 | We 've got to go through one of the exam pieces . |
| 22 | YOUR ACCOMMODATION — prices are calculated for one of the following arrangements and this is indicated at the foot of each Club description . |
| 23 | The 17-year-old Middlesbrough all-rounder took a hat-trick as Zimbabwe B were dismissed for 230 on the opening day of a four-day match at Harare Sports Club . |
| 24 | SA , dismissed for 130 in the first innings , reached their target from the fourth ball of the final over , when Peter Sleep , in his testimonial season , inside-edged the winning single towards wicketkeeper Ian Healy off Queensland captain Carl Rackemann . |
| 25 | Salim Malik , dismissed for 99 in the 1987 Headingley Test , was Pakistan 's saviour in each innings five years later , compiling 82 and 84 , both not out |
| 26 | Hundreds of gypsies are gathering for one of the biggest horse fairs of the year . |
| 27 | A formidable businesswoman , Rebuck says she got as one of the original shareholders of Century , a ‘ substantial amount ’ . |
| 28 | A high score in a series of heats had to be accumulated to guarantee a good semi-final position , and qualify for one of the six places in the final . |
| 29 | If found guilty , he will be Russia 's most prolific serial killer and qualify as one of the most depraved mass murderers of all time . |
| 30 | And there was a picture who had fallen off one of the lorries in Bosnia erm one of the refugee lorries and was running along trying to catch up with her parents . |