Example sentences of "of a hundred [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | All the time we were assailed by the noise of a hundred bells and the screams of hawkers and traders who sold everything from a piece of iron to hot chestnuts . |
2 | Previously , each initiative — on advanced materials , manufacturing technology , biotechnology , high performance computing , global climate change and science education — was described in a pamphlet of a hundred pages or more that included detailed budgets of what each agency planned to spend . |
3 | Their work has withstood the storms of a hundred years and more . |
4 | Really detailed molecular records at a spacing of a hundred years or less will be necessary to predict the climate change in the future and we 'll really need that information if we 're going to live safely on this planet . |
5 | No mean bat , he also scored just over 17,000 runs for the county , and did the double of a hundred wickets and a thousand runs seven times ( nine times counting all cricket ) . |
6 | There was a farm and plantation of a hundred acres and a hospital with fifty beds for in-patients , plus outpatient facilities . |