Example sentences of "to the [noun pl] ' [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
2 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
3 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
4 | The game was slow and low scoring and after seven minutes of the first half , Arena had scored only four points to the visitors ' ten . |
5 | In 1924 , with the slogan " Keep Cool with Coolidge " , he easily retained the presidency for the Republicans , carrying 35 states to the Democrats ' 12 ; 15 million Americans voted for him , while 8 million voted for the Democrat candidate and nearly 5 million for Robert La Follette , a Progressive " third party " candidate . |
6 | One woman told Elizabeth Roberts that she had resorted to taking her wedding ring to the pawnbrokers ' three times : ‘ each time I was caught with babies ’ . |
7 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |