Example sentences of "of [num] [noun pl] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do .
2 Yesterday the Torbay coroner said 14 out of 32 suicides this year had recently been released from the unit , which he has criticised on several occasions since it replaced more secure psychiatric hospitals that have been closed by the area health authority .
3 CONSULTANT surgeons at St Bartholomew 's Hospital in London have warned managers that the hospital has ‘ no alternative ’ but to shut its accident and emergency department after the closure of 75 beds this week to head off a £2m overspend .
4 However , he seems to have overlooked the fact that Ferrari gave him two race wins last year and that the Scuderia 's tally of six victories this year is four more than Williams was able to score .
5 Hendry , winner of six titles this season , shrugged off the setback and won three of the next four frames for his first Irish final in three years .
6 Ally McCoist added to his impressive tally of 45 goals this season when he turned Hagan 's cross into the roof of the net six minutes from the end of what , by his standards , had been a quiet match .
7 However , the loss of family credit and housing benefit ensures that some poor working families face a marginal tax rate of three times this level .
8 ‘ I have a target of 82 units this year .
9 There was a momentary scare that Tranmere might snatch the lead just before the break when Aldridge , scorer of 38 goals this season , had a shot-on-the-turn blocked by a defender .
10 Ford has axed a total of 3,600 jobs this year .
11 The pair are planning to introduce and ship a line of four models this summer including a low-end colour unit priced under the $2,000 barrier and a monochrome unit that will equal or better the $1,000 price tag on Visual 's current entry level .
12 This has been a tale of two countries this week , Scotland and Wales .
13 A winner of two handicaps this season , Azhar is as tough as they come and should be able to hold his own in this stronger company .
14 Richard Snodden won the McClintoch trophy as club champion and is now down to ‘ 12 ’ , an improvement of seven shots this year .
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