Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imprisonment for ordinary civil debt was abolished by statute in 1970 — another hundred years had had to pass since the enactment of the 1869 measure which was seen as the triumph of liberal attitudes over the centuries-long stand of the powerful trader lobby . |
| 2 | In the 1659 Parliament he sat for his old home town ; in one of his two recorded speeches he had to justify having arrested a leading Fifth-Monarchy man on the orders of the late lord protector . |
| 3 | The conclusion is that Nkrumah would have otherwise won by the two-thirds majority which was the general election pattern . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it was impossible to ignore the fact that the overall percentage of registered electors voting in favour , at 64.51 per cent in Latvia and 64.49 per cent in Estonia , fell short of the two-thirds majority which would have meant victory if the referendums had been held according to the April 1990 USSR legislation on the secession of a republic [ see pp. 37361-62 ] . |
| 5 | The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto . |
| 6 | The increasingly bitter dispute over the role of the media [ for June Constitutional Court ruling see pp. 38971-72 ] took a new turn on Dec. 31 when the opposition parties in the National Assembly joined forces to deprive the government of the two-thirds majority it needed for the passage of a new media bill . |
| 7 | However , Mr Yeltsin is still far from winning the two-thirds majority he needs to get a new constitution adopted . |
| 8 | Wg Cdr Rodley , a distinguished Pathfinder , commanded No 97 Squadron which , together with No 83 Squadron , was hijacked by No 5 Group towards the latter part of the war to provide pathfinding expertise for No 5 Group 's bombing sorties . |
| 9 | to , because , one of the main points about the embarrassing er aspect , mainly boys sniggering and giggling , whatever , maybe some girls do , but it 's mainly er , males , I think a point to be made there is , it is a well known fact that boys took longer to mature emotionally than girls and I think if it was a guy a younger guy , maybe in his late twenties , early thirties teaching it , and if he had the sort of guts to turn round and the bravery to say look son , what is it you 're laughing at , what 's so funny ? |
| 10 | At the Suzuka Eight Hour I had the front skidding in the second part of the Spoon Curve . |
| 11 | Even the bustling atmosphere of the 550 building itself seemed not to have invaded the Hugo Varna floor . |
| 12 | Not the six foot he 'd thought , seven or eight foot we went up and started to pack away again . |
| 13 | First FAA unit to operate Firefly F.Is was 1770 Squadron which formed at RNAS Yeovilton on October 1 , 1943 . |
| 14 | Eleven pound they got ten |
| 15 | erm , as I want , I was gon na tell you something , er did Billy tell you how much weight that lad 's ele eleven pound , eleven pound he was |
| 16 | Well I found the twenty pound in the end but the fifty pound we could n't find it , we checked everything so i fortunately I said to I had them re-checked on Monday during the day for cash up |
| 17 | She said I reckon we saved er fifty pound she said |
| 18 | Fifty pound I think . |
| 19 | from about hundred and fifty pound you could pay . |
| 20 | Any Right , two hundred and fifty pound it is . |
| 21 | My last one was eight pound summat but mine 's a variable speed reversible and all that |
| 22 | During the 1993/94 programme we shall continue the series of afternoon events which have proved extremely popular . |
| 23 | The 17 were reported to have been arrested after the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria had issued leaflets in December 1991 criticizing the Dec. 2 referendum which gave overwhelming approval to Assad 's nomination for a fourth term as President [ see p. 38695 ] . |
| 24 | It 's the last Family Day for Number 115 Squadron which will be disbanded next month . |
| 25 | Albert was the name given to this tank built in 1918 on the frame of an old 1885 tramcar which toured the town to raise funds for the war effort . |
| 26 | On completion of the Part 1 Certificate , students may progress to the Part 2 Certificate which involves attendance on one day or two evenings per week for a further year . |
| 27 | Thus , in a class 1 case ( actual undue influence ) , the creditor must have notice of the circumstances alleged to constitute the actual exercise of the undue influence ; in a class 2 case it must have notice of the circumstances from which the presumption of undue influence is alleged to arise . |
| 28 | Thus , in a class 1 case ( actual undue influence ) , the creditor must have notice of the circumstances alleged to constitute the actual exercise of the undue influence ; in a class 2 case it must have notice of the circumstances from which the presumption of undue influence is alleged to arise . |
| 29 | With a twenty-one majority it becomes important cos all it needs is eleven by-elections . |
| 30 | Tony Benn to Jimmy Young when asked about Neil Kinnock 's Radio 2 debut I 'M asked how I feel when they get the questions wrong and lose everything , and I say I try not to laugh . |