Example sentences of "and [num] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They initiated a campaign embracing twenty-four counties and eleven of the largest towns and cities in which petitioning was combined with parliamentary initiatives . |
| 2 | On 13 June 1991 the House of Lords ordered , pursuant to section 18 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 that the defendant 's costs before the issue of his legal aid certificate should be paid out of the legal aid fund and , pursuant to regulations 143 and 147 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , suspended the effect of that order to give the Legal Aid Board an opportunity to object . |
| 3 | Among the poor , 0.391 of the young and 0.172 of the old are prepared to break the law — a difference of +0.219 . |
| 4 | A single currency may come into being in 1997 , but only if a minimum of seven countries meet the convergence conditions , and eight of the Twelve vote in favour . |
| 5 | Prior to Gore 's entry into the affair , some 75 members of Congress and eight of the erstwhile hostages had called for a full inquiry . |
| 6 | On July 30 , 12 lieutenant-generals were retired and eight of the nine leading national police commanders were dismissed . |
| 7 | Agencies need to be aware that the European Court of Human Rights , in finding the United Kingdom Government to be in breach of articles six and eight of the European convention of Human Rights in recent child care cases , cited failure to involve the parents in decision making as a factor in their judgements . ’ |
| 8 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 9 | The 20-ft-square Green Room is walled with dressing rooms full of Snow White , Prince Charming , the Narrator , the Gipsy Queen , Catsmeat — the Red Queen 's familiar — and eight of the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 10 | When this happens , the assumptions which developed during the 50s and 60s of the young person as an independent , affluent wage earner and consumer , assumptions which have already been challenged by the changes I have described here , will have to be finally cast aside . |
| 11 | The minority PCP government of Premier Gary Filmon , which had been in office since the April 1988 elections [ see pp. 35958-59 ] , was returned to power with 42 per cent of the vote and 30 of the 57 provincial seats . |
| 12 | In the absence of local employment alternatives which might otherwise have developed , it made between one-third and one-half of the Palestinian work-force dependent for its livelihood upon employment by Israeli enterprises . |
| 13 | Board representation for employees by way of electing between ( at the option of the company ) one-third and one-half of the supervisory directors or , alternatively , co-optation by the supervisory board subject to control by the general meeting or employees ' representatives |
| 14 | Thus , the activity of the H1 gene promoter decreases abruptly after deletion of the 80 nucleotides lying between nucleotides -531 and -451 of the distal region . |
| 15 | A further fifty cases followed up showed a bereavement or separation in forty-six cases and thirty-nine of the forty-six had associated guilt , anger or resentment . |
| 16 | Sections 52 and 53 of the 1984 Act and Ord 14 , rr 1 – 10 apply . |
| 17 | And 800 of the best fighters in Northern Ireland — including the holders of nine out of 11 Northern Ireland team titles — are to boycott this year 's provincial championships in November . |
| 18 | The Oxford region has about one hundred and forty of the nine hundred cases nationally , and general manager Bob Nichols says they certainly would n't seek to settle out of court . |
| 19 | the neighbouring people of Salcey Forest have appeared in such great strength in the forest that the keepers are unable to oppose their cutting down many trees there , and forty of the best trees in Whittlewood have likewise been cut down . |
| 20 | There are currently about 170 posts in grades 1 and 2 of the civil service . |
| 21 | Sections I and 2 of the 1936 Act make : ( i ) the wearing of a uniform signifying association with a political organisation or with the promotion of any political objective , an offence . |
| 22 | I follow this fax with confirmation orders for the following quantities of both parts 1 and 2 of the above title : |
| 23 | Successful completion of the BSc Hons Computing and Information Systems leads to exemption from Parts 1 and 2 of the British Computer Society professional examinations . |
| 24 | It is possible here that his claims ( if any ) against the manufacturer for misrepresentation or negligence will fail because of an exemption clause which satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ( imposed by sections 8 and 2 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act ) . |
| 25 | Both treatments were effective in inducing clinical remission : 15 of the 17 patients given steroids and 12 of the 15 patients assigned to the polymeric diet went into clinical remission ( defined by a Van Hees index < within four weeks of treatment . |
| 26 | As an eminent American economist once remarked , ‘ The Stock Market has anticipated 10 out of the last 3 recessions and 12 of the last 3 recoveries ! ’ |
| 27 | As a result of the consolidation of social security legislation , most of the provisions relating to Statutory Sick Pay , which were contained in the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and the Social Security Acts of 1985 and 1986 , are now to be found in ss 151–163 and Schs 11 and 12 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 . |
| 28 | Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised . |
| 29 | The problem here is not one of authorship attribution , since most scholars regard them both as genuinely Aristotelian ; the puzzle is that three books make a double appearance in the manuscript tradition , once as books five , six and seven of the Nicomachean Ethics , once as books four , five and six of the Eudemian Ethics . |
| 30 | Scottish Office officials said yesterday that a Scottish Environmental Protection Agency ( SEPA ) could be operational by 1996 , although its creation has been opposed by 40 local authorities and six of the seven river purification boards . |