Example sentences of "[noun] of [num] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward undertook to place a force of 600 men at the duke 's disposal and to grant him the earldom of Richmond , to which his family had an ancient claim and which John of Gaunt relinquished for the purpose . |
| 2 | I do not know whether the Minister has seen today 's announcement about the loss of 370 jobs at the Volvo plant in Copeland in west Cumbria . |
| 3 | The move followed the loss of 589 jobs at the plant on Friday as a third of the workforce across the financially-stricken company was made redundant by administrative receivers . |
| 4 | I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration , namely , ’ the announcement by British Coal of the loss of 13,000 jobs at the Prince of Wales , Sharlston , Kellingley and Whitemoor collieries and the closure of the topping cycle plant at Grimethorpe . ’ |
| 5 | George Waldron , the MP for Buckingham , says he 's shocked by the loss of 250 jobs at the Westcote Rocket Research Plant . |
| 6 | The trial ended in November 1990 in Siegen ( Germany ) of a former SS officer Ernst August König , 71 , who was accused of killing eight gypsies and assisting in the murder of 1,067 others at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . |
| 7 | A question mark already hangs over the future of 3,000 staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea , whose work could go to firms in England . |
| 8 | From a monthly turnover of 400 roubles at the end of December 1922 , one of them was to rise to a turnover of 2,000 by March 1923 . |
| 9 | In the first months of 1858 conservatives at the centre proposed the reinstatement of Nicholas I 's " personal " principle . |
| 10 | The restrictions of office life might have formed a permanent barrier to any expression of their feelings for each other , but their relationship had grown appreciably closer when they had both stayed for part of one summer at the home of a friend , Margaret Behrens , in Mentone — although even here Valerie Fletcher still called him " Mr Eliot " . |
| 11 | Fylingdales parish returned only ten taxpayers even though its biggest settlement was the lively village of Robin Hood 's Bay , where Leland observed twenty fishing boats , each of which may be reckoned the livelihood of one family at the very least . |
| 12 | In March 1239 Agnes de Amundeville , a forester of fee of Feckenham Forest , gave the king an annual payment of one mark at the Exchequer for recovery of her bailiwick : it had been seized because of a venison offence by her son Ralph , committed when he was keeper of that forest . |
| 13 | Gulfstream signed $500 million contract for the purchase of 200 engines at the show . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) While this section applies to any premises , the effect shall be that for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) below the permitted hours in those premises in the evening shall be increased by the addition of two hours at the end thereof . |
| 15 | Planners and conservationists alike agree that the building of 600 homes at the old railway works in Swindon makes good use of the site , but such land is not always available . |
| 16 | Winner of two certificates at the ‘ British Housebuilder of the Year ’ awards sponsored by Express Newspapers . |
| 17 | Winner of two certificates at the ‘ British Housebuilder of the Year ’ awards sponsored by Express Newspapers . |
| 18 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 19 | Their shells may reach a metre or more across , and a thickness of 25 cm at the hinge , in 50 years . |
| 20 | Robert 's mum , a hospital staff nurse , said : ‘ Robert must have been an emergency because he had a vocabulary of four words at the age of three and speech therapy was no good to him because he could n't hear what they were trying to teach him . |
| 21 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 22 | Air Vice-Marshal N S Howlett , Chairman of the Executive Committee and Mrs Howlett were present when 91 Branch Standards were paraded on the evening of 13 July at the Royal Tournament . |
| 23 | WOOD GROUP Gas Turbines held its annual Burns Supper on the evening of 22 January at the Kirkhill Lodge Hotel at Dyce , Aberdeen . |
| 24 | News of Mr Porras 's arrest followed the explosion of 13 bombs at the weekend , some of which damaged six schools in Bogota . |
| 25 | The function keys , or ‘ F ’ keys , are found in the pad of 10 keys at the left of the keyboard or the row of 12 keys at the top of the keyboard . |
| 26 | At a rally of 60,000 supporters at the Afrikaner Voortrekker Monument near Pretoria on May 26 , Andries Treurnicht , leader of the Conservative Party ( CP ) , the official parliamentary opposition , outlined his party 's strategy for reversing the government 's reform programme and achieving an Afrikaner homeland . |
| 27 | An even easier victory followed , at Moy , nine miles [ 14 km ] short of Inverness , where the prince was staying the night of 16–17 February at the local big house , Moy Hall . |
| 28 | The function keys , or ‘ F ’ keys , are found in the pad of 10 keys at the left of the keyboard or the row of 12 keys at the top of the keyboard . |
| 29 | By a horizontal merger we mean the union of two firms at the same production stage in the same industry , for example the merger of two steel producers or two motor car manufacturers . |
| 30 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |