Example sentences of "[noun pl] show that [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VAT returns show that 9,581 individuals reclaimed the tax in 1991 having completed a genuine , hands-on self-build project . |
| 2 | In the same period , figures produced by the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that 221,900 mortgages ( 2.3 per cent of the outstanding stock ) were more than six months in arrears , compared with 109,370 ( 1.2 per cent of the outstanding stock ) a year earlier , and that 36,610 dwellings were repossessed ( 0.4 per cent of the outstanding stock of mortgages ) , more than double the number recorded a year earlier . |
| 3 | Our figures for oral carcinoma in south east Scotland over the past 10 years show that 456 patients presented with these tumours ; the mean age at presentation was 63.8 years for men and 68.2 years for women . |
| 4 | Figures show that 17 members of Durham County Council claimed £2,087 in expenses up to January 10 . |
| 5 | Figures show that 17 members of Durham County Council claimed £2,087 in expenses up to January 10 . |
| 6 | Figures show that 17 members of Durham County Council claimed £2,087 in expenses up to January 10 . |
| 7 | Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year . |
| 8 | The latest figures show that seventy-six companies per day are failing in Britain , the highest rate since the recession began more than two years ago . |
| 9 | Government figures show that 10,000 people have died in drink-drive accidents in the past 10 years . |
| 10 | Conservationists are fighting for tighter controls because new Government figures show that 38,000 acres of open countryside were swallowed up by developers in England , every year , for the 5 years between 1985 and 1990 . |
| 11 | UNICEF figures show that 66 percent of the population have no access to health care . |
| 12 | Solution The percentages show that 100 grams of the sugar contain 40 grams of carbon , 6.7 grams of hydrogen and 53.3 grams of oxygen . |