Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the progression of the companies legislation since that Act , does the foregoing clause comply with the requirement of s 80 of the CA 1985 concerning directors ' authority to issue share capital , and of s 91 concerning the disapplication of the pre-emption provisions of s 89 ? |
| 2 | A healthy distrust since Big Bang in October 1986 of stockbrokers ' research . |
| 3 | France 's last remaining colony of bears , in the Pyrenees National Park , are under renewed threat from road building schemes [ see ED no. 44 for farmers ' fears that the bears posed threats to their livestock ] . |
| 4 | Just slipping and dropping a wing while loading it into the trailer will cause hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage , and although most gliders are insured , every accident eventually results in higher premiums and higher costs for gliding enthusiasts . |
| 5 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 6 | Hundreds of customers ' details can be stored on one diskette , as can whole spreadsheets , and the diskettes can then be kept safely in a secure place away from the computer . |
| 7 | They do not want hundreds of readers ' letters complaining that the product can not be obtained in Manchester , when the release could have stated that the product was on test market in London and the South-East . |
| 8 | Hundreds of spiders ' webs , suspended between twigs bearing yellowing leaves and clusters of scarlet rose hips are decorated with water droplets that sparkle in the weak sun that occasionally penetrates the murk . |
| 9 | Gardeners ' Question Time is produced at Manchester by Amanda if you 'd like a fact sheet on the programme , please send us a stamped addressed envelope , marked fifty one stroke ninety three to Gardeners ' Question Time B B C , P O Box twenty nine , Manchester M twelve six A D. |
| 10 | The year 1993 will continue to see Class 31 hauled summer Birmingham to Pwllheli train , and after that finishes in September the only locos which will be seen in Mid Wales will be Departmental Class 31s on engineers ' trains . |
| 11 | The poll tax has wasted £14 billion of taxpayers ' money , led to cuts in services and jobs , caused great hardship for thousands of people , and has led to a general breakdown in law and order . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Gamba , the dancewear shop , have a size 2½ and 3 in ladies ' evening shoes . |
| 14 | The Confederation of British Industry estimates that the move could add more than £40 billion to employers ' pension costs . |
| 15 | This effectively increased the share of central grants to about three-quarters of councils ' income . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | The headhunters ' fees are large because of the very real difficulty of attracting key people and because bringing in these outstanding people can add millions of pounds ' revenue to client organisations , which makes the headhunter 's fee appear small in comparison with the overall potential gains . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 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 | A year-long joint undercover operation by US and Guam police uncovered a Guam-Belau drug ring in mid-1989 , leading to the arrest of 40 people who were charged with smuggling millions of dollars ' worth of heroin and marijuana to the USA between 1984 and 1989 . |
| 22 | Over 50 people were killed and millions of dollars ' worth of carpets and other goods were destroyed . |
| 23 | Young and confident , she had traded millions of dollars ' worth of metals without a thought . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They were old motorbike cops or something , one of thems ' name was Mokey |
| 26 | Now , three-fifths of insurers ' assets are bonds — a quarter of them government bonds . |
| 27 | They would be worth one-fifth of residents ' pay and cover half the value of the goods . |
| 28 | Barlow Clowes collapsed in June 1988 putting at risk £190 million of investors ' money . |
| 29 | In February 1990 , a firm called Garston Amhurst , a tied agent of Target , the life company sold by TSB to Equity & Law in January at a substantial loss , was shut down by the Securities and Investments Board after £2 million of investors ' money went missing . |
| 30 | The subjects of the investigation , the Alexander Howden and PCW frauds , together involved more than $100 million of investors ' money . |