Example sentences of "[num] [noun] ended in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often these gloves were dipped in a mixture of glue and ground glass to produce terrifying results Almost one in three fights ended in the death of one of the competitors . |
| 2 | In 1985 160 thousand marriages ended in divorce in England and Wales — if these rates were to continue , over one marriage in three would end in divorce . |
| 3 | Roeg uses Mick Jagger as the rock star to confront the ambivalent images and grotesque fascinations that flared around The Rolling Stones when their '60s dream ended in death , despair and Altamont . |
| 4 | By the 1990s the royal family spanned four generations , and the two princesses had acquired a husband each ( one marriage ended in divorce ) , six children , three children-in-law and half-a-dozen grandchildren . |
| 5 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
| 6 | The 1954 campaign ended in ignominy . |
| 7 | The girls ' under-12 tournament ended in an exciting finale in which Amy Barnes beat her Northern Crosby clubmate Charlotte Richards . |
| 8 | In this case a nasty priority-dispute between the ‘ seconds ’ of the two men ended in mutual respect , with Adams as President of the Royal Astronomical Society later presenting Le Verrier with its gold medal . |
| 9 | And by the mid-1980s in California one in two marriages ended in divorce , and one in three in other high-density populations in North America and parts of Europe . |
| 10 | He says : ‘ My first two marriages ended in divorce because I was too young and dreamed only of being a movie star . |