Example sentences of "[verb] in [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of caribou perished in just the first year of this dam . |
| 2 | A recent ad for follow-on milk , quoting from an article in the British Medical Journal , stated that cow 's milk given at six months caused ‘ subclinical but appreciable gastro-intestinal bleeding in about a third of children . ’ |
| 3 | Mutant oncogenes of the ras family are found in about a third of all cancers and as many as 80% of pancreatic tumours . |
| 4 | When tasting , pour in only a third of a glassful and use the following guidelines : |
| 5 | The microwave combination 's ability to prime cook à la carte dishes in about a fifth of the usual time offers opportunities to introduce items on the menu which traditionally have meant advance ordering , for example , racks of lamb , beef Wellingtons , en croûte dishes and so on . |
| 6 | Task allocation was mentioned in over a third of agreements , its relative frequency indicating the importance of such matters to trade union activity . |