Example sentences of "[num] of [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CARAT ( Cargo Agents Reservation and Air Waybill issuance and Tracking system ) is now on-line to nearly 100 of British Airways ' freight forwarding customers , enabling them to book shipments and track their cargo all over the world without needing to pick a telephone . |
| 2 | From the evidence of componential analysis , it is one of certain linguists ' fundamental rules ; and extrapolating a little with the observations of Mead , de Beauvoir and Cixous in mind , it is a fundamental rule among sexist Western thinkers down the ages . |
| 3 | Now he is one of British tennis ' great ambassadors and his commitment to the sport will be evident at Calderstones next month . |
| 4 | In return , Central Bank governor Jose Cuisia agreed that US$344 million of other banks ' loans would be eligible for bond conversion , while securing the right of the Philippines to take action against any bank later found to have been involved in fraudulent transactions . |
| 5 | The Dane , though shy and retiring and lacking a sense of humour , has knitted together a unified policy for the agency , which spends every year some £400 million of European taxpayers ' money . |