Example sentences of "[num] of the united states " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cock fights , however , are still legal in six of the United States , perhaps because we still eat chicken regularly , but no longer dogs . |
| 2 | It is appropriate to set out the opening words of Rule 26 of the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure : |
| 3 | Concern for the loss of such an important economic resource led to research on population dynamics and resulted in close seasons for hunting , even though all the Canadian provinces and 47 of the United States still allow at least a limited harvest of wild mink . |
| 4 | On Dec. 16 MCC applied for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States code of bankruptcy law and on Dec. 20 the UK High Court placed MCC in administration . |
| 5 | In the winter of 1945–6 , when he took himself off into the mountains on spiritual retreat , he wrote to one of the United States Army 's cultural attachés with whom he later became great friends : |
| 6 | When he was tried by a University Court which still had the theoretical right to condemn its students to death , he was ‘ allowed ’ to escape to America where he became one of the United States ' greatest surgeons . |
| 7 | In part their stance depended on pre-Convention United States practice and upon observations , notably by one of the United States delegation at The Hague , that the Convention required no significant change in that practice . |
| 8 | PL 480 has established itself as one of the United States ’ most successful market development tools ’ ( p.20 ) . |
| 9 | By 1988 , similar statutes , generally termed ‘ anti-profit ’ or ‘ literary profits laws ’ , were enacted in 34 of the United States , most of which are modelled on the New York legislation . |