Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently , a supplement should be paid if a repayment is not made within 30 days of Customs ' receipt of the return . |
| 2 | Three aspects of teachers ' knowledge will be analysed : i ) knowledge of the subject being taught ; ii ) capacity to represent it in a variety of appropriate ways related to the knowledge and experience of the type of pupils to whom it was taught ; and iii ) knowledge and understanding of the relevant pedagogy . |
| 3 | These three values are the names of three clusters of birds ' sizes . |
| 4 | Why should governments , even the Thatcher government , which is strongly committed to allowing market forces to work , spend several billion pounds of taxpayers ' money promoting R&D ? |
| 5 | Figure 8 Sources of pensioners ' incomes 1979 and 1987 |
| 6 | Over the back of the chair next to the table were two pairs of vergers ' white cotton gloves drying . |
| 7 | Some six million pounds of taxpayers ' money , it is thought , was syphoned to the Provisional IRA through compensation claims for bombed buildings prior to 1976 . |
| 8 | Over 1,600 of 2,205 samples of cows ' milk had pesticide residues , including " widespread and excessive " quantities of DDT and HCH ( also known as BHC ) . |