Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held at the Newton Davis Hall , Froyle , courtesy of Lord Mayor Treloar College , the concert featured eight musicians from the world famous Yehudi Menuhin School , and the expertise of radio and television broadcaster Martin Muncaster as master of ceremonies . |
| 2 | 3.6.2 Investigations with the Overlap Algorithm |
| 3 | And the building society bloke 's told me today they 've got a hundred and fifty accounts in the office that are sort of heavily in arrears |
| 4 | Now , after thirty-seven hours in the air , he was touching down in Salt Lake City . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister , John Major , presented on July 22 a 50-page white paper which he called a " Citizen 's Charter " , incorporating some 70 proposals for the improvement of public services . |
| 6 | The opening impact was made by 180 repeats of the Lloyd Webber Variations on themes from Purcell and Peer Gynt , followed by Mr Tim Rice , laid back with greatness . |
| 7 | Split-half reliability for the BPVT is reported as between 0.75 and 0.85 for items in the short form , and between 0.70 and 0.95 for items in the long form . |
| 8 | He checked his watch ; fifty-five minutes from the time he had replaced the phone in Mr Patel 's fruit store . |
| 9 | In 1977 , the University Grants Committee decided to fund enhanced engineering courses at eight institutions in the UK . |
| 10 | The Secretary-General is appointed by the Council by a two-thirds majority of the member states for a five-year term . |
| 11 | Decisions on a new constitution would have to be reached by a two-thirds majority of the assembly , whilst in other matters it would act by consensus . |
| 12 | A referendum after 2007 would decide the future formation of the Legco ; however , any changes approved by referendum would require the endorsement of a two-thirds majority of the Legco , the consent of the chief executive , and the approval of the NPC standing committee . |
| 13 | Commentators noted that the requirement of a two-thirds majority of the electorate in favour of secession left Lithuania , with its 80 per cent Lithuanian population , with a realistic chance of seceding under the new law . |
| 14 | A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic 's total electorate . |
| 15 | Such a treaty would be subject to approval by a two-thirds majority of the Philippines ' Senate , however , at least 15 of whose 23 members had stated their opposition to the continued presence of the bases . |
| 16 | In the absence of such consent , the President might still introduce a state of emergency subject to ratification by a two-thirds majority of the USSR Supreme Soviet . |
| 17 | A proposal to this effect could be made from within the Congress itself or by a two-thirds majority of the USSR Supreme Soviet , but subject to findings by the USSR Committee for the Supervision of the Constitution . |
| 18 | The party had always strongly denied the continued existence of the Official IRA , and De Rossa had hoped to remove its shadow from the party , but failed to achieve a required two-thirds majority at the conference . |
| 19 | Union members were openly expressing the view that there was a real chance that the ailing division would now pull out of its dive with the Peters ' Plan , which had been fully supported by Bunker and a two-thirds majority at the plant . |
| 20 | Austria : the Nationalrat on Sept. 22 and the Bundesrat ( upper house ) on Sept. 30 achieved the required two-thirds majority with the backing of both governing coalition parties , but with the Greens and right-wing FPÖ voting against . |
| 21 | On May 13 the bill was approved by the Soviet of the Union , but failed to gain the necessary two-thirds majority in the Soviet of Nationalities . |
| 22 | The coalition of the PNP and Frente Obrero di Liberashon ( FOL ) , plus the Union Patriotico Bonairiano ( UBP ) and the two representatives from St Eustatius and Saba , was reconstituted to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority in the Staten and exclude the Democratic Party of St Maarten ( DP-SM ) , whose leader , Claude Wathey , favoured independence for his island . |
| 23 | Kohl , who rejected the " blue beret option " as insufficient , would need a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag for his proposals [ see above for SPD congress vote approving German involvement only in UN peacekeeping operations ] . |
| 24 | According to the Constitution , the treaties , including the clauses setting up the League , had to be agreed by a two-thirds majority in the Senate . |
| 25 | Since the Philippines Constitution stipulated that the current agreement must expire in 1991 , any further agreement would require a new treaty , which would need the approval of a two-thirds majority in the Senate . |
| 26 | Elections were held on March 31 and on April 7 and 14 , 1991 , when the ruling PLA won a two-thirds majority in the People 's Assembly [ see pp. 38106 ; 38160 ] . |
| 27 | This agreement unexpectedly failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority in the Volkskammer on Aug. 9 because of the absence of some members of the coalition parties ( the vote was 258-63 ) . |
| 28 | It would thus still have a two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly . |
| 29 | One of the things Namibia 's new president must accept is that he lacked the two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly he would have needed to push through plans supported only by his party , SWAPO . |
| 30 | To be fully implemented the agreement required confirmation by a two-thirds majority in the Senates of both the USA and the Philippines . |