Example sentences of "quarter of a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is that we kill 5,000 people and maim a quarter of a million on our roads in the name of personal convenience . |
| 2 | One of the priorities is a million pounds that 's been spent on community consultation structure and about a quarter of a million on a marketing and public relations unit . |
| 3 | How long will it be before our Labour Councillors are spending a quarter of a million on trips abroad , as in ? |
| 4 | I suppose , as the man said , with at least a quarter of a million at stake they ca n't afford to , but all the same , it was n't very pleasant . |
| 5 | The growth of the colonies was likely to force new departures in policy and legislation on the British government ; the American population rose from about a quarter of a million at the beginning of the century to about two million by 1776 . |
| 6 | In December the City Committee of the Belgrade Party ( which is the largest city organization of communists in Yugoslavia , with nearly a quarter of a million of members , many of whom are highly influential federal and Serbian bureaucrats ) elected as its new president Professor Radoš Smiljković , professor of political science at Belgrade University . |
| 7 | The great boulevards led to him from all directions , bringing the homage of a loyal and overawed population — who could assemble in the oval-shaped square thoughtfully provided for a quarter of a million of them . |
| 8 | Over quarter of a million of these are HP and other credit cases . |
| 9 | In Scotland a quarter of a million of the workf workers would be affected by this Tor er , sorry , this Tory policy , mainly part-time working women and ethnic groups . |
| 10 | It led ( in concert with the superb performance of the 8th Army and of the Royal Air Force , the Royal and Merchant Navies , and all other splendid organisations which assisted the Armies ) to the fall of Tunis and the unconditional surrender of a quarter of a million of the enemy . |
| 11 | Our mental illness services are the real Cinderella services in the county , and by the county putting ninety thousand into its budget it attracts and quarter of a million of new development . |
| 12 | It is estimated that the worm population in the average herbaceous garden is about a quarter of a million per hectare , which is roughly a hundred thousand per acre . |
| 13 | It 's predicted another seven thousand jobs will be created this year … the population will number a quarter of a million by the end of the century . |
| 14 | Top of the Red Rose bill was Gerry Sadowitz , a comedian who , if he played Leeds Town Centre , could expect , at £100 per F-word , to lose close to quarter of a million in the course of a routine . |
| 15 | Evidence based upon population censuses and analysed by Holmans ( 1981 ) indicates that the number of married couples in shared accommodation fell from three-quarters of a million in 1951 to slightly under a quarter of a million in 1971 . |
| 16 | A female toad may lay 20,000 eggs each season ; perhaps a quarter of a million in her lifetime . |