Example sentences of "[num] [n mass] have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 sheep have been abandoned in a field , their fleece so heavy they can hardly walk . |
| 2 | They are regularly stocked with rainbow and brown trout , and fish of up to 6lb 12 oz have been caught in recent years . |
| 3 | 24 the government disclosed that in the Tibesti region of northern Chad 49 people had been killed in various attacks on civilians since mid-August by forces loyal to former President Hissène Habré . |
| 4 | Since it has been introduced 43 people have been cut off the dole and 21 continue to receive reduced rates of social security in the North of Ireland . |
| 5 | Up to the end of November this year , 367 people had been charged with terrorist offences , including 37 with murder and 75 with attempted murder . |
| 6 | A 14,000-km " unity march " — ekta yatra — launched by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) [ see p. 38682 ] , ended in Srinigar on Jan. 26 ( Republic Day ) with reports that at least 30 people had been killed in an upsurge of violence attributed to Sikh and Kashmiri militants . |
| 7 | An estimated 50,000 people had been released as a result . |
| 8 | In the second half of 1990 at least 300 people had been charged with offences against state security in the region , and 11 people had died from torture while under arrest . |
| 9 | Fighting was more protracted in Croatia , where some 300 people had been killed by mid-August . |
| 10 | The UN General Assembly subsequently passed a resolution condemning Sudan , following reports that at least 300 people had been executed in the southern town of Juba . |
| 11 | More than 300 people had been arrested after violent confrontations with the security forces in Ain Shams after the policeman 's death . |
| 12 | The Interior Ministry announced on Nov. 12 that 44 people had been killed during the crackdown and a further 180 people remained missing . |
| 13 | More than 12,000 people have been treated in America and elsewhere and some have complained of glare , especially from car headlights when driving at night . |
| 14 | Red Cross officials are trying to confirm reports that 1,200 people had been massacred at a Serb detention camp at Lukavac . |
| 15 | A report by the international human rights organization Amnesty International , published in October 1989 , said that torture and executions were widespread in Iran and that at least 1,200 people had been executed by the authorities in 1988 . |
| 16 | At least 1,200 people have been killed in recent fighting . |
| 17 | The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said there were unconfirmed reports that up to 2,000 people had been killed since the weekend . |
| 18 | Western human rights groups claimed that as many as 2,000 people had been executed by the authorities during the last six months of martial law , and many more were being held in detention . |
| 19 | Over the past year , some 2,000 people have been killed in Hindu-Muslim riots , and about 150 in protests against job reservations for particular castes . |
| 20 | But I am delighted to tell the hon. Gentleman and the House that 112 people have been charged with murder or attempted murder in the course of this year . |
| 21 | Local media sources reported on March 10 that at least 100 people had been killed in Taraba state in recent clashes between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups over farming rights . |
| 22 | A report in The Nation ( Bangkok , Thailand ) of Oct. 28 quoted a Myanma government official as saying that 1,087 people had been detained for political offences since the military takeover on Sept. 18 , 1988 , and that 100 people had been sentenced to death during the previous three months by both military tribunals and civilian courts . |
| 23 | More than 100 people have been killed by sharks in Australian waters this century . |
| 24 | A report in the Middle East International ( MEI ) of Feb. 22 said , however , that only 14,300 people had been evacuated through Jordan since the war began , although they did not include an unknown number of Jordanians and Palestinians who failed to register at camps on the border . |
| 25 | The report claimed that at least 26 people had been killed in the attack , mostly government employees who had been singled out and shot . |
| 26 | By Dec. 14 at least 26 people had been killed in army operations and 44 men were facing charges in connection with the Guemar attack at a military court in Ouargla . |
| 27 | During the term of the previous Parliament , no fewer than 10 MPs had been prosecuted for corruption ; the most celebrated case involved former Deputy Prime Minister Ted Diro in September 1991 [ see pp. 38534-35 ] . |
| 28 | The Croatian authorities responded by sending in some 200 heavily armed Croatian riot police , and rejected claims that six people had been killed in the ensuing fighting . |
| 29 | Six people had been executed in 1986 for their part in the attempt . |
| 30 | Six people have been prosecuted for persistently ignoring ‘ residents only ’ parking schemes in Middlesbrough and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £710 . |