Example sentences of "[num] [noun] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With five volunteers from the 400-plus crowd , a 12–1 defeat at the hands of the soldiers was not a bad start . |
| 2 | To celebrate the 90th birthday of British potter Dame Lucie Rie , a major exhibition is to be opened on 30 Jan at the Crafts Council Gallery by Sir David Attenborough , a collector of her work ( 071–278 7700 ) . |
| 3 | A sixth-year pupil at Glasgow 's Kelvinside Academy , he takes to the air this summer after winning a Royal Air Force flying scholarship , which will give him 30 hours at the controls of a light aircraft and see him going solo during his course . |
| 4 | ‘ We are expecting about 300 people at the supporters ’ club after the funeral because Dennis was such a character and everybody who went on away matches knew him . ’ |
| 5 | Milan , who faltered at the weekend with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the current league leaders , Napoli , have slipped to seventh place , partly because of the absence of van Basten and his compatriot , Ruud Gullit , who is seeing a doctor on Monday about his cartilage injury . |
| 6 | He was sentenced to six months at the Narcotics Rehabilitation Center of the Chino State Penitentiary . |
| 7 | It is exactly the equality before the law , which Ms Pith-Helmet invests with so much trust , that has betrayed blacks and Asians in the courts , in their treatment at the hands of vicious and prejudiced police ( that has resulted in the death of 10 blacks at the hands of police during the course of arrest and interrogation in the last 15 years ) , that allows black and Asian homes to be terrorised by racist thugs who can sprinkle liberally their British hospitality in the form of firebombs , beatings , excrement dumped on doors , and children bullied to the point of suicide and madness . |
| 8 | The average size of these plots was less than 1 hectare in the inner city , but up to 10 hectares at the edges . |
| 9 | He also said that he was convinced that South African agents and others concerned with intelligence gathering were responsible for more than a dozen burglaries at the houses and offices of himself and his professional advisers . |
| 10 | On Feb. 21 rallies at the universities of Columbia and Michigan ( both former centres of war resistance ) were attended by 250 and 100 students . |
| 11 | Prince Charles had a rough reception and a difficult , at times terrifying three months at the hands of extreme Welsh nationalists . |
| 12 | There is no way they can not go all the way yet again ’ — CIARAN FITZGERALD ( Ireland coach ) after the 38–9 drubbing at the hands of England at Twickenham . |
| 13 | I believe we are already lost ’ , an analysis which the Empress kept to herself , but which soon proved to be all too correct , for in the early days of August the French armies suffered three defeats at the battles of Spicheren , Wissembourg and Froeschwiller . |
| 14 | Incredibly , only three of the Fijian party on duty — naturally , including Serevi — travel to the colony for this weekend 's tournament , indicative of the phenomenal sevens resources at the islanders ' disposal . |
| 15 | Incredibly , only three of the Fijian party on duty — naturally , including Serevi — travel to the colony for this weekend 's tournament , indicative of the phenomenal sevens resources at the islanders ' disposal . |
| 16 | This is where the three biomorphs at the corners of the triangle come in . |
| 17 | Paragraph three looks at the guidelines in detail , and starts with the additions , and as Mr said earlier , we do welcome the fact that there is an explicit mechanism for the cost of client number increases in social services in the coming year . |
| 18 | Insulation was also a problem : the nominal voltage generated at the Blundell Street power station was 220 volts , but this was reduced to 170 volts at the termini by escaping current . |
| 19 | But a 5–1 beating at the hands of Haslemere would not have improved Hammer 's morale for the cup task ahead . |
| 20 | When he arrived moments later , he took one look at the X-rays and shook his head . |
| 21 | One look at the screenshots will tell you this is n't a dodgy Speccy port , updating about as fast as a reasonably athletic snail . |
| 22 | He took one look at the creatures gathered in front of his house and said , ‘ What is the meaning of this ? |
| 23 | But BRIDE Angela 's mum Gladys Smith took one look at the sandwiches and canapes and sniffed : ‘ It 's worse than school dinners . ’ |
| 24 | One glance at the letters heaped untidily beside her son 's plate was sufficient to identity them for what they were . |
| 25 | The tribunal was told that , following a review , the company decided to make redundant 16 drivers at the quarries it operated in the East Midlands . |
| 26 | After all , " he added , smiling at Grace as she brought in another pot of tea , " my poor bewildered senses have already suffered one assault at the hands of your delicious mother . " |
| 27 | For this afternoon 's rematch of the Welsh Cup finalists — Neath won that one 14-13 before 58,000 people at the Arms Park — Stradey has an upper limit of 18,700 and , if last season 's equivalent is anything to go by , every available space may be needed . |
| 28 | Different species often do not get a chance to interbreed because they live in different geographic areas , or in different localities within an area ( one species at the tops of trees , the other on the ground , for example ) , or they might be active at different times of day . |
| 29 | In Somerset , public roads were usually forty feet wide , of which — in 1795 — twelve feet were stoned to a depth of a foot in the middle and nine inches at the sides . |
| 30 | The nine delegations at the talks ( Soviet Union , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Poland , Cuba , Mongolia and Vietnam , as well as a group from Germany , representing the former East Germany ) agreed to present the proposals for ratification at a summit-level meeting on Feb. 26-27 in Budapest ( Hungary ) . |