Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will my hon. Friend pay particular attention to the application of a company in my constituency which requires a small amount of insurance cover that could lead to tens of millions of pounds ' worth of business ? |
| 2 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 3 | The scene of one of Drachenfels ' most infamous atrocities , this chamber has been shunned by most of the few who have penetrated the Castle . |
| 4 | Windows can be used on an 80286 based computer , but it will operate noticeably slower and can not take advantage of one of Windows ' main characteristics — Multi-tasking . |
| 5 | The column reportedly reveals that Mirror chief executive David Montgomery and other senior staff hold options to buy shares in the newspaper group which could make them hundreds of thousands of pounds ' worth of profits . |
| 6 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 7 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 8 | IT IS a rare event — in the industrialised world , at least — for a state-owned enterprise to go bust , leaving banks with billions of dollars ' worth of bad loans . |
| 9 | As he was a brilliant classical scholar , it is possible that he realized that what he had discovered was in line with one of Hippocrates ' systems , formulated so many centuries before . |
| 10 | The Masters had been out to dinner and were well mellowed , wide awake and disposed to chat , but sitting in their quarry-tiled kitchen-diner , with thousands of pounds ' worth of elegant cabinet work and expensive machinery around him , McLeish managed to extract a coherent story . |
| 11 | Police believe they still escaped with thousands of pounds ' worth of goods . |
| 12 | According to a 1988 census about one-quarter of Brussels ' population of 9,927,000 comprised foreign nationals , including 135,000 from Maghreb countries ; many thousands more north Africans were known to have arrived illegally since then . |
| 13 | Following two incidents in 1991 at Courtaulds ' acetate works at Spondon , Derby — an explosion on 13 January and a fire on 24 June 1991 — Courtaulds set up a review panel to examine the plant 's site safety in manufacturing and distribution . |
| 14 | This structuring function of the Court of Appeal was further strengthened by the appearance in 1970 of Thomas ' Principles of Sentencing which provided an accessible digest of a great many of its decisions , both reported and unreported . |
| 15 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 16 | It was from one of Giggs ' dribbles in the 20th minute that new signing Ken Monkou was committed to a saving tackle that referee Ray Lewis interpreted as a back-pass . |
| 17 | During the project there was a shift away from locating the issue as one of girls ' motivation towards attempts to change the nature of school science . |
| 18 | Luca Giordano , Elisa went on , thinking that she had placed her hosts at a disadvantage , was a particular favourite of hers and she could easily see why he was regarded as one of Naples ' finest painters . |
| 19 | ‘ POWER to the people ’ is the secret behind a team-based improvement exercise which could save up to $1 million a year for one of Courtaulds ' leading US businesses . |
| 20 | They would probably suggest that during millions of years ' evolution , women 's instincts have developed in such a way as to protect and nourish family and kin . |
| 21 | Sammy had been flopped over one of Dobbs ' hooves , enjoying the shade of her large head . |
| 22 | This perceived competence in one role leading to the acquisition of other roles , brings us , in concluding this discussion of informal care , to one of Abrams ' most telling points , for those who want to place such neighbourly care in a contemporary context . |
| 23 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
| 24 | MODERN TIMBER technology is helping support on one of Wales ' most famous narrow gauge lines , the Vale of Rheidol Railway . |
| 25 | They would be worth one-fifth of residents ' pay and cover half the value of the goods . |
| 26 | No visit to this area is complete without a walk around one of Wales ' most famous headlands . |