Example sentences of "[num] of the [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not two thirds of the population but it 's two thirds of the . |
| 2 | It is , however , in my judgment , a valid objection to the section 6(2) order sought by paragraph 11 of the prayer that it appears to be directed to restoring only the investors to their former positions . |
| 3 | The weather was lousy again , in fact it was terrible for about three-quarters of the day and it eased off a little when we went out . |
| 4 | Taking out one of the choppers before it gets chance to launch any missiles is stupendously satisfying , and the difficulty level is set exactly right . |
| 5 | The big , the big advantage Chair , and one of the reasons that it appeals to us to , to go along with Age Concern on this is that , as you know , the area of activity in terms of day centre provision in which they are very active , is one whereby on the current grant mechanisms for community care , and our need to spend eighty five percent in the voluntary and independent sector , whilst they were directly employed by us , we could n't divert a substantial amount of that money in their direction if they wished to develop services . |
| 6 | Not only are its policies extremely wasteful , but one of the companies that it set up is just collapsing , insolvent , and this is costing £8 a head to every community charge payer in the area . |
| 7 | When the Community came to consider the application , one of the things that it would wish to ensure was that the benefit of the membership would be available to the whole community . |
| 8 | Now one of the things that it must be very tempting to do is say , Yippee I 've got my list and go dashing in and phone everybody in sight |
| 9 | No it it is probably one of the difficulties if it ever |
| 10 | Adam was under one of the lamps as it burst to life . |
| 11 | But on a but there 's nothing ready of course , so th there 's , there 's a giant sundial they 're going to have in one of the courtyards and it 's a giant one it 's , it 's the , the building and the blocks of things in , in the in the courtyard that make up the the time . |
| 12 | The Aerosols were almost impossible to stop , and the soldiers and their weapons and equipment were getting burned and melted all over the place until one brave soldier who had clung on to one of the Aerosols as it flew back to its base came back ( after many adventures ) with the news that their base was a breadboard moored under an overhang on an inland creek . |
| 13 | I mean gender is one issue , but it 's not the only one , and one of the ones that it seems to me that we 've missed out on erm to date , when we 're talking about International Women 's Day , is race . |
| 14 | The difference is essentially one of the spirit and it manifests itself in the habits and attitudes of country folk . |
| 15 | Two of these they spotted as the German pilots began diving onto the Hurricanes tails , and at the right moment Westmacott carried out a hard climbing turn , coming out behind one of the Messerschmitts as it began to pull up . |
| 16 | Standing in the back of one of the pick-ups as it sped across the hard sand , with the dust spiralling out behind us across the vast plain , it seemed that a whole new world was opening up . |
| 17 | There was mention of some art history work , a few articles for various journals and a cataloguing job for one of the museums but it was clear that for Maidstone these were of little importance and did not really qualify for the title of job . |
| 18 | He will be glad to know that we have set up a noise review working party and that one of the issues that it has been considering is traffic noise and how to deal with it more effectively . |
| 19 | Eleanor had just been photographed for one of the supplements and it pleased him to be seen with someone in the news . |
| 20 | Anyway I I bought a little book that I saw in one of the shops and it was er The Industrial Lawyer . |