Example sentences of "every [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of fundholding general practices in Scotland is set to rise to 76 , covering one patient in every eight in the country . |
| 2 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 3 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 4 | During the week ending last Tuesday 109 people in every 100,000 of the population had flu , and 154 had flu-like illnesses . |
| 5 | In 1900 the police in England and Wales recorded less than three crimes for every thousand of the population . |
| 6 | They have set a target of one viable , gospel preaching church for every thousand of the population . |
| 7 | Table I.5 Numbers in four age bands in every thousand of the UK population in 1981 and 2001 ( estimated ) |
| 8 | Nor are we told that , in 1981 , only eleven individuals in every thousand of the population were aged 85 or more , and that in the year 200 1 , their number will have only increased to seventeen per thousand . |
| 9 | He reckoned to be airborne for 15 minutes in every 50 of the average run . |
| 10 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 11 | It would be tedious to quote and consider every one of the tributes that Pound paid to Binyon . |
| 12 | Every one of the scores of abandoned Trabants and Wartburgs which clog the streets around the embassy has been one of the most cherished possessions in its owner 's life . |
| 13 | Every one of the nine sources was rated best for information on the issues and worst for helping people decide how to vote . |
| 14 | A majority of readers of every one of the major-selling papers thought their own paper was biased — not just readers of the tabloids but readers of quality papers such as the Telegraph and the Guardian . |
| 15 | Worse , these disasters coincided with falling premium rates in almost every one of the market 's businesses . |
| 16 | A popular health-service argument was that every one of the million or so staff should get exactly the same percentage increase in pay — as though the recruitment and retention position was the same for all . |
| 17 | In that ninety seconds I want every one of the 13 million viewers to concentrate on the speaker — not on someone else scratching their nose in the background . |
| 18 | After more than 16 hours of auctioning , every one of the 1,000 lots had found buyers , with none being sold for less than low estimate and many soaring to 10 times estimate . |
| 19 | Every one of the dairy farmers expressed concern in particular those who had purchased a farm in the past two or three years and were dairying in order to repay the purchase loan . |
| 20 | Their aim was to visit every one of the eight hundred or so families in the parish every year . |
| 21 | There could , indeed , be no two opinions as to the right of every one of the great national subdivisions of Europe to dispose of itself , independently of its neighbours in all internal matters , so long as it did not encroach upon the liberty of others . |
| 22 | Every one of the departmentally-related committees has been covered , with the number of televised occasions , up till the Whitsun recess , 1990 , ranging from two ( Education , Science and Arts ) to nine ( Environment ) with an average of 6.2 televised meetings . |
| 23 | The complete lineage of every one of the cells has now been followed . |
| 24 | During the Twenties and Thirties the tram service gradually expanded until , by August Bank Holiday 1933 , every one of the 156 cars was on the road . |
| 25 | Every one of the Pack was firmly resolved never to give the new farmer cause for taking away their wonderful meeting-place from them . |
| 26 | Every one of the bream we caught weighed within 2oz of 4lb , the biggest at 4lb 2oz and the smallest at 3lb 14oz . |
| 27 | He also holds the unique record of having appeared in every one of the club 's first 22 FA Cup ties . |
| 28 | He appeared in all but the initial match of 1919–20 to make the left-back position his own , and then in every one of the 3rd Division championship seasons of 1920–21 . |
| 29 | Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged . |
| 30 | There was one girl in particular who interested Harriet , a small girl with hair cut gamin short , whose face was so expressive that it seemed to reflect every one of the emotions that they were all feeling , these midinettes who had basted hemlines and stitched hooks and eyes into place , positioned trimmings and sewed them into place with such tiny stitches that they were all but invisible to the naked eye . |