Example sentences of "and [num] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as a match for the Tatar warriors of the Crimea , who were similarly equipped , their value declined when in the 1630s and 1640s a strong line of fortifications was built in the south . |
| 2 | Moreover , there is evidence to suggest that by the seventeenth century both literacy and Bible reading were on the increase ; in the parish of Keevil in Wiltshire , for example , only 4 per cent of testators who died during the decades between 1590 and 1630 appear to have possessed a Bible , whereas during the course of the 1630s and 1640s the proportion rose to 18 per cent . |
| 3 | Whereas during the 1670s and 1680s the City Whigs had argued for an extension of democratic rights within the Corporation , they abandoned this position after the Glorious Revolution and instead became increasingly identified as defenders of the oligarchical forces within the City 's government . |
| 4 | Between 1881 and 1891 the most rapid population growth in England occurred in four London suburbs : Leyton ( 133·3 per cent ) , Willesden ( 121·9 per cent ) , Tottenham ( 95·1 per cent ) and West Ham ( 58·9 per cent ) . |
| 5 | Between 1960 and 1980 the total acreage devoted to food production in Africa increased from about 70 million hectares to about 100 million , or about 2.5 per cent per year , sufficient to sustain a population increase of about 2.7 per cent . |
| 6 | Between 1951 and 1980 the total area brought under afforestation schemes was 3.18m ha , and 2.2m ha ( nearly 70% ) were plantations for industrial purposes . |
| 7 | Between 1975 and 1980 the share of firms employing less than 300 workers in total bankruptcy debts rose from 75 to over 90 per cent . |
| 8 | Between 1967 and 1980 the Consumer Price Index rose by 67 per cent , whereas during the same period campaign expenditures for House elections rose by 163 per cent and by 150 per cent for elections to the Senate . |
| 9 | I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’ |
| 10 | He had to be on three hundred and fifty a week minimum , surely ? |
| 11 | ‘ But that 's only a hundred and fifty a week . ’ |
| 12 | Er what would you be able to manage on , sort of thing and I said about two hundred and fifty a year and er , you know , that was quite realistic in those days but erm obviously it would n't go very far now , would it ? |
| 13 | It 's almost quadrupled to three hundred and fifty a month . |
| 14 | Well that 's gon na be about two hundred and forty , two hundred and fifty a month for that one down . |
| 15 | You could volunteer to pay two hundred and fifty a month could n't you ? |
| 16 | Well if , you 're gon na pay a hundred and fifty a night |
| 17 | If I want to but I wo n't cos I 'll be on a hundred and fifty a month anyway . |
| 18 | That 's where you can smoke and a hundred and fifty a day ! |
| 19 | Between 1985 and 2025 the population of the developing world is expected to increase from 3.7 billion to 6.8 billion , of whom well over half will live in those hotbeds of aspiration and discontent , the cities . |
| 20 | Between 1985 and 2025 the number of pensioners was set to rise from 9 million to over 12 million ; and the total cost of pensions for the public would rise from £17 billion a year to almost £36 billion if pensions were linked with prices and to a colossal £50 billion if they were linked , as Labour wanted , to the higher of either prices or earnings . |
| 21 | Between VR 0.4 and 1.2 the hydrocarbon yield is 50% greater than that for the Palaeozoic coals . |
| 22 | Putting together what we know about girls " apprenticeships — lasting three or four years — and wage rates , it can be deduced that from the age of say 17 until perhaps 25 for those who married , women compositors were doing the equivalent of full-time typesetting for wages that varied between half and two-thirds the adult male wage , depending on whether stab or piece rates are measured . |
| 23 | Between 1976 and 1986 the total number of one parent families increased by 35 per cent . |
| 24 | Between 1979 and 1986 the clear-up rate fell from 41 per cent to 32 per cent . |
| 25 | In both 1978 and 1986 the Library Association 's statements were made in response to censorship in a number of public libraries , largely instigated by local authorities ; and the appeal was directed to the local authorities . |
| 26 | Between 1976 and 1986 the average error in the Treasury 's forecasting of the PSBR ( whether negative or positive ) was £2.3 billion , and in the 1983 edition of the Treasury 's Financial Statement and Budget Report it was estimated that the average error in forecasting the public sector borrowing requirement for the year ahead was ofthe order of 1.5 per cent of GDP . |
| 27 | Between 1981 and 1986 the average hospital stay for a patient aged 85 and over decreased by 7.7 days . |
| 28 | Between 1979 and 1986 the UK 's portfolio investments overseas rose as the annual outflow increased . |
| 29 | Between 1976 and 1986 the top 20% of income earners increased their share of total final income from 37.9% to 41.7% , while the share of the bottom 20% fell from 7.4% to 5.9% . |
| 30 | Between 1979 and 1986 the number of private residential homes in Great Britain increased by an average of 18.1 per cent a year . |