Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Stevie Wonder that was and Up Tight and er we 've got the eight contestants for the competition so we 'll play the game now . |
| 3 | There were 70 candidates for the post , and the shortlist of eight included a sergeant , an inspector , and a superintendent of police , and a sergeant-major of the 25th Regiment of Foot . |
| 4 | If some slight evidence of that is required , the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations has over 550 entries for the Book of Common Prayer . |
| 5 | He entered Swindon 's record books , scoring 32 goals for the club in a single season . |
| 6 | In 1983 about 500 candidates for the priesthood had to be turned away in Asia and Africa as there was no room for them in the seminaries and no money left . |
| 7 | Major land surveys were carried out for Wimpey Minerals at Isley and Newark and a further contract of 1/2500 maps for the Ordnance Survey was successfully completed . |
| 8 | If the Government are re-elected — God forbid — is it not a fact that privatisation would come in 1992 and that in 1993 contracts for the supply of coal to the power stations would be awarded ? |
| 9 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 10 | Each LIFESPAN Process requires a minimum of 4500 blocks for the database files , which will of course grow as you use the LIFESPAN Process . |
| 11 | He is one of 30 applicants for the manager 's job . |
| 12 | Now organiser Belfast City Council is setting a target of 110,000 participants for the challenge against Rostock . |
| 13 | It was madness to begin with , the only trouble is , it took forty years for the government to discover it 's own craziness and to begin to dismantle it , we are now reaping the legacy of that , of , of the , the accumulated folly of forty years is now bursting upon our cities . |
| 14 | The incubation period of a cuckoo 's egg is about 11 days , while that for host species is slightly longer — 12 days for the reed warbler and dunnock , 13 to 14 days for the meadow pipit , pied wagtail and redstart . |
| 15 | Miriam Gross , lit ed of the Sunday Telegraph , had the interesting wheeze last week of publishing 1993 predictions for the book trade by some of the trade 's leading lights . |
| 16 | It 's expected the Ministry of Defence will receive up to forty tenders for the Delta Wing jet , including nine from overseas . |
| 17 | This is claimed to offer oxygen starved pockets for anaerobic bacteria to complete the conversion of nitrates , with 50/50 conditions for the growth of both types of bacteria which is claimed to promote a perfect balance . |
| 18 | Any advance on two hundred and forty pounds for the diamond ring . |
| 19 | Any advance on forty pounds for the ring ? |
| 20 | Tcket prices are going up 3 pounds for leeds fans ( from 7 to 10 for terraces ) but only 2 pounds for the home fans ( who have some special card apparently ) Could turn out to be quite an expensive trip … |
| 21 | Mr Devine could face up to 300 lashes for the offence , his MP says that can not be allowed to happen . |
| 22 | There are 30 prosecutors for the country 's 90 courts ; only five of them are supposed to handle the 17 courts in Guatemala City . |
| 23 | Plus Ravel ( Tombeau de Couperin ) , Bizet ( Symphony in C ) 7.30pm St Andrew 's Hall £3-£12 but half-price to Independent readers on presentation of this page at the Box Office ( 0603-618499 ) SATURDAY BBC Philharmonic Brahms ( Symphony No3 ) and Wagner ( Prelude and Liebstod ) frame Schoenberg 's Violin Concerto 7.30pm RFH £3.50-£15 but Independent readers can get 2 tickets for the price of 1 on presentation of this page at the Box Office Echoes of Venice 17th-century cantatas and motets by Rossi , Legrenzi , Stradella and Carisio sung by the Baroque Consort of Singers 8pm St Mary 's , Putney Bridge SW15 £4/concs £2 RPO Nicholas Cleobury conducts Mendelssohn ( Fingal 's Cave ) , Handel ( Water Music ) , Rachmaninov ( Piano Concerto No2 , soloist Piers Lane ) , Beethoven ( Pastoral ) 8pm Barbican £7-£15 Emma Kirkby with Anthony Rooley . |
| 24 | An exciting game at Heathfield saw Dawn Nicholson top score on 22 points for the home team as they saw off the challenge of Shildon Aces by 68 points to 47 . |
| 25 | The finalists of the 1981/82 and 1982/83 Competitions for the Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production provide a self-selected sample of firms that have been successful in innovation , ie in developing commercially viable new products . |
| 26 | The report criticized both Ridley , for failing to hand the matter over to the courts , and Lord Young for failing to refer the takeover to the MMC , and put forward over 30 recommendations for the strengthening of financial regulations . |
| 27 | Centre manager Malcolm Powton said he hoped for 500 visitors for the party day , including Durham County Council 's director of social services , Peter Kemp . |
| 28 | One the flour and water are mixed to a paste , it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop . |
| 29 | If the maximum number of cells in a row of the grid is 30 and if there are 30 rows , a dice could be thrown six times and the outcomes totalled to get the row coordinate , and six times for the column coordinate using the convention that the six on the dice is interpreted as zero . |
| 30 | Many secondary schools will look to a rationalisation of the timetable on a three-block model , providing in a 25-hour week something like : 11 hours for the core subjects , 10 hours for the foundation subjects , on a modular basis , and 4 hours for guidance , RE , physical education , and extension learning . |