Example sentences of "of [num] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its survey of six LEAs the Ramp ton Report primarily divided its sample into ‘ Asian ’ , ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Other ’ school leavers , concluding that while ‘ Asians ’ and ‘ Others ’ performed equally well at O level and CSE , ‘ West Indian ’ school leavers performed significantly worse . |
| 2 | On the morning of 18 August The Independent , along with other media , reported that Edwards was prepared to sell for £20m . |
| 3 | The first of these statements , which have only recently come to light , was by Lt-Col D M C Worrall MC and Maj J G Denny MC of the Durham Light Infantry : " On the evening of 15 May the handover of Croatian personnel to the YUGOSLAV ARMY was proceeding . |
| 4 | But that only became known later , following intense scientific detective work ; by the evening of 23 March the discovery of the millennium seemed assured . |
| 5 | By the evening of 23 May the situation in respect of the Yugoslavs was thus almost identical to that in respect of the Cossacks . |
| 6 | The lamp has a colour rendering index of 82 Ra ( the colour rendering index is an accepted standard which compares the appearance of a colour under one light source with its appearance under a reference light , ) and a colour temperature of 2800 K. The lamp runs very cool ; it is not uncomfortable to hold one that is lit . |
| 7 | The average surface temperature on Venus is also much higher than on the Earth , 730 K instead of 288 K. The troposphere extends up to an altitude of about 60 km , and in its lower 50 km or so the lapse-rate is adiabatic . |
| 8 | At least there was soon to be a bit of activity in the neighbourhood to distract the young lad 's attention : in June of 1797 Charles the Cheesemonger was to achieve the singular distinction of being mentioned , en passant , in an Act of Parliament . |
| 9 | It seems that the guardian ad litem expressed some reservations about that decision to move the children in advance of the hearing , but by a letter of 24 January the father 's solicitors said that it seemed to them that the view of the guardian ad litem was ‘ quite wrong as a matter of law . ’ |