Example sentences of "with [num] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixty-one players , compared with 32 a year ago , will earn at least $3 million and 22 will get $4 million or more . |
| 2 | Crowds for the 10 matches ( Manchester City and QPR play tonight ) totalled 212,558 , compared with 285,016 a year ago . |
| 3 | The figures , revealed at a police board meeting , showed that 325 complaints were made by members of the public compared with 257 the year before . |
| 4 | More than 600 new cases are emerging every week , compared with 437 a week last year . |
| 5 | The bank 's permanent directorate , hitherto comprising five members ( with 10 the maximum ) , would be expanded to a maximum of eight to include east German representation . |
| 6 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 7 | As of the beginning of 1992 , there were 60,000 private farms registered in Russia , compared with 4,500 a year earlier . |
| 8 | In Grampian , for example , 1992 brought 44 such cases compared with 18 the year before ; in Northern there were 21 compared with nine . |
| 9 | But only 3,000 wildcat miners are digging at the mine , compared with 20,000 a year ago . |
| 10 | Only four areas were above the EC recommended limit compared with ten the year before . |
| 11 | KODAK is soon to start selling 35 mm colour film which is 10 times faster than Kodacolor II , and can thus take pictures with one-tenth the light . |
| 12 | When he is 10 years older he will be happy with 65 every time . ’ |
| 13 | Only two cases of gonorrhea were reported in the first 19 months , compared with four a week previously . |
| 14 | For example , the following VDU command will sound 3 " beeps " of 2 seconds each with 1/2 a second between each " beep " |
| 15 | However , for ease of administration the production number is no longer used , and commencing with 358 the constructor 's number can also be found on the tailplane , i.e. SU-AZJ is inscribed " Fan Jet Falcon No 358 " . |
| 16 | Because of the recession only six in ten of beds in the group 's 839 hotels were occupied compared with seven a year ago . |
| 17 | The overall number of entries for seven handicap races are also down on 1992 , to 394 from 443 , but Irish interest has risen sharply with 61 engaged this year , compared with 39 a year ago , which Cheltenham 's managing director , Edward Gillespie , said was great news . |
| 18 | Mr de Klerk has been unable to stop the sharp rise in violent crime : 20,135 murders last year compared with 14,700 the year before . |
| 19 | During last year 1,750 members resigned compared with 489 a year earlier . |