Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of civilians were shot dead in the streets by Iraqi forces or executed by firing squads . |
| 2 | Hundreds of birds are trapped each winter in the Berkeley New Decoy and then ringed to monitor where they migrate to and how long they live . |
| 3 | Hundreds of bullets were let loose — followed by tear-gas and even mortar shells — as protesters were cut down without mercy . |
| 4 | Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mining disaster in Turkey . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people were reported killed and wounded in a weekend of artillery and air attacks and clashes between Bosnia 's three ethnic groups on the eve of possible EC diplomatic recognition . |
| 6 | In Aceh Province ( northern Sumatra ) hundreds of people were reported killed and hundreds more missing as a result of fighting between the armed forces and separatist rebels . |
| 7 | HUNDREDS of people were feared dead yesterday after an ageing ferry packed with Haitians taking food and animals to the markets of the capital had sunk in a storm . |
| 8 | The 503-yard par-five at Liphook is called Two Counties because the tee is in Sussex and the green in Hampshire . |
| 9 | TWO brands of a vaccine given to millions of children were withdrawn last night because it is feared they could cause meningitis . |
| 10 | So , after licking another 485 stamps , she came up with a manifest of eight people , one Sloth , Gan Moondork ( one of Nintendo 's escaped bionic mutations ) and Gan 's woman ( the Rubber Dummy ) . |
| 11 | The capacity of the stadium has been limited to 17,000 with Dublin being allocated 10,000 , 5,000 to Wexford and the remainder set aside for neutrals . |
| 12 | Party A , imagined to have won 45.4% of the constituency votes , has a claim to six seats ( 50.0% ) , and having won five in constituencies is given one additional seat . |
| 13 | The annual maintenance outage on Reactor 1 at Torness was completed three days ahead of schedule … and that means an extra 45 Gigawatt hours of production for the Company . |
| 14 | These included the rationalization of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ) , with one-third of employees being made redundant and buildings and vehicles auctioned off ( the SIDE chief , Juan Bautista Yofre , announcing his resignation at the end of the month and being succeeded by Hugo Anzorreguí ) , and the creation of a central body to supervise the finances of public-sector companies due for privatization . |
| 15 | THOUSANDS of people are made ill by work , claim experts . |
| 16 | Tens of thousands of jobs are created each year by regional selective assistance . |
| 17 | There were two days of clashes on June 9-10 with the National Guard over bus fare increases in Acarigua , Portuguesa state , in the Andean town of Valera and in Ocumaré del Tuy , dozens of people being reported injured and nearly 200 being arrested . |