Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the individual years 1980 to 1984 , the proportion of investment going to Third World countries , as derived from a survey of the leading 40 UK manufacturing corporations , varied between 10 and 26 per cent . |
| 2 | Quarterly progressions , translated at rates of exchange applying on 31st December 1992 were : — |
| 3 | Quarterly progressions , translated at rates of exchange applying on 30th June 1993 were : — |
| 4 | Minutes of Council meeting on 13th March 1993 : |
| 5 | The report called for £200 million of government spending on fifth generation computing , that is computers that can think for themselves and get along with humans . |
| 6 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 7 | With the exception of Mona Lisa , it examines in depth only recently cleaned paintings , analysing changes in colour thinking from fifteenth to sixteenth century , from the Cennini system to that of the post-Leonardo artists . |
| 8 | A college for women had been Mrs Reid 's dream from childhood , and in 1849 she put up the money to found Bedford College , hoping for hundreds of applications but in fact receiving at first only a few dozen , including those of her own friends . |
| 9 | A meeting in Geneva of officials and environmentalists from over 130 nations has discussed the implementation of the international treaty on biodiversity arising from last year 's UNCED summit in Rio . |