Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Running for 147 kilometres between Loch Lomond , just north of Glasgow to the foot of Ben Nevis , near Fort William , it was opened by the Countryside Commission for Scotland in 1980 as the country 's first official long distance path . |
| 2 | The draft agreement of November 1986 between the teachers ' unions and representatives of the local educational authorities indicates the extent to which ‘ formalism , is beginning to replace the informed individualism which once characterised English schools . |
| 3 | I do not however accept that in addition to the hours of care which she provides at home during the school holidays that there should also be an enabler for twenty hours per week as she suggests that would mean that the number of hours of care , and I appreciate of course , that there is some artificiality in dealing with this in pure terms of numbers of hours of care , but nevertheless it provides a sort of common denominator , which can give some indication , that would mean no less than ninety hours of boarding and care per week fifty during the week erm and twenty during the weekend and a further twenty for the enabler , I think that that er is too great and I make no allowance for an enabler at home . |
| 4 | It is suggested that the words in square brackets be deleted from clause 11.2 as the landlord 's solicitors will doubtless make several statements in writing to the tenant 's solicitors during a transaction and not always in reply to written inquiries . |
| 5 | Jack Straw , Labour Party spokesman on education , claims that in the first instance the Education Reform Bill gave the Secretary of State 175 new powers , but that these increased to 415 during the Bill 's passage through Parliament . |
| 6 | Please see General SCI 43 for the Corporation 's procedure on these matters . |
| 7 | Ukraine replaced the rouble with the karbovanets currency coupon on Nov. 12 as the republic 's currency and economic crises continued . |
| 8 | Datapro 's 1991 workstation user-ratings study ranks Hewlett-Packard Co 's 700 as the industry 's best overall workstation family , surpassing Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 9 | The crisis began in October 1985 after the ITC 's buffer stock ran out of funds , leaving gross debts of £900 million and tin prices tumbling from £9,000 a tonne to £3,500 a tonne by the middle of 1986 [ see pp. 34518-20 ] . |
| 10 | About 800 of the city 's 15/16 year-olds and 800 17/18 year-olds ( a 1 in 10 sample ) will complete questionnaires in 1987 . |
| 11 | The S.C.I. indexes every article and every significant editorial item from every issue of over 2700 of the world 's most important journals in over 100 disciplines . |
| 12 | No pan-European fund could respect all 12 of the EC 's current labour laws . |
| 13 | The ANC has tabled a bill before parliament which would outlaw mineral exploitation on all 12 of the country 's Ramsar sites . |
| 14 | In district elections in Kerala on Jan. 30 the ruling Left Democratic Front won what the Hindu described as " breath-taking [ electoral ] victory " , gaining absolute majorities on the councils in 12 of the state 's 14 districts . |
| 15 | IVAN LENDL , No.1 in the computer rankings , heads a list of 12 of the world 's top 20 players who have entered next month 's Australian Open . |
| 16 | One recent letter deplored the excessive influence of academia , pointing out that 10 out of 12 of the Bulletin 's editorial board are from universities . |
| 17 | Contracts to sell the following are therefore not contracts for the sale of specific goods : ‘ a bottle of port from the seller 's stock ’ ; or , ‘ one of the seller 's current stock of 12 bottles of port ’ ; or , ‘ 12 of the seller 's stock of 13 bottles of port . ’ |
| 18 | To commemorate the 15th anniversary of Elvis ' death last Sunday we 've teamed up with BMG Records in a fabulous £1,300 competition to give away 30 copies of The King Of Rock ‘ n Roll — The Complete ‘ 50s Masters featuring 140 of the King 's classics , including previously unreleased songs . |
| 19 | Rule 2 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 provides : Solicitors may at their discretion publicise their practices , or permit other persons to do so , or publicise the businesses or activities of other persons , provided there is no breach of these rules and provided there is compliance with a Solicitors ' Publicity Code promulgated from time to time by the Council of the Law Society with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls . |
| 20 | It happened in December inside the Swindon Crown Court Complex , where a custody case over 2 of the victim 's 4 children was about to resume . |
| 21 | 2 of the region 's MPs make contributions . |
| 22 | The atmosphere is massive , 103 × 10 4 kg/m 2 , which dwarfs the 1.04 × 10 4 kg/m 2 of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 23 | Thus the difference between a contract of guarantee and one of indemnity was vital until section 2 of the Minors ' Contracts Act 1987 changed the law . |
| 24 | The union , representing 50,000 of the country 's 300,000 agricultural workers , called on the government to give priority to such workers in its reallocation programmes . |
| 25 | A key feature of the confidence-boosting package was the passage by the UK Parliament of the British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Act in July 1990 , which guaranteed British citizenship to 50,000 of the colony 's " key " citizens and their families . |
| 26 | The defendant made similar controllers and used a total of 49 of the plaintiff 's mnemonics arguing that there was no copyright in them because , once the functions had been decided , there was no room for skill and labour in devising the mnemonics . |
| 27 | It was reported on Aug. 1 that 30 of the country 's 60 active investigative judges had been dismissed for incompetence , the head of the Department of National Security ( DAS ) , Gen. Miguel Marza Márquez , stating that they were " responsible " for unsolved crimes [ see p. 37529 for dismissals from armed forces and police ] . |
| 28 | The previous week 30 of the country 's 60 examining magistrates had been dismissed , and the Attorney General of Antioquia province , the principal negotiator of the surrender of the Medellín drug cartel chief Pablo Escobar Gaviria in June [ see p. 38283 ] , had resigned after it was revealed that he was related to Gaviria . |
| 29 | Page 30 of the Members ' Manual says that it is not ‘ appropriate for council stationery or postal facilities to be used to indicate the party allegiance of any member or group ’ . |
| 30 | We met 30 of the school 's young jokers and had to admit that the children and staff at Mother Theresa 's are a very funny lot . |