Example sentences of "[prep] the [num] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 2 | Their discoveries have worrying implications for the 600,000 people thought to have been affected by the release of radiation . |
| 3 | THE Government is expected today to announce extra money for the 1,200 haemophiliacs infected with the HIV virus as a result of contaminated blood transfusions . |
| 4 | The project required one full-time worker and administrative assistance and aimed to provide a welfare , advice and referral service for the 98 people detained there under Immigration Act powers . |
| 5 | For the five contracts dealt with in this article , there is no such thing as a ‘ standard ’ agreement . |
| 6 | For the five patches shown , we have counted the transitions between two middle-wave cones , between two long-wave cones , and between cones of different types . |
| 7 | Secondly , the class intervals for the five classes used in the choropleth map have been derived simply by dividing the data range into five equal ranges . |
| 8 | Quotation was £24 for the four pages based on our 48-hour requirement , no indication was given of delivery charges . |
| 9 | There are many differences between these two bodies , but a detailed comparative study could be useful not only for the two areas involved but also for the southern European countries about to join the EEC . |
| 10 | Det Supt Albert Kirkby appealed for the two boys seen escorting James from the shopping centre to come forward , saying they may be completely innocent . |
| 11 | This synod was transferred by Constantine to the lakeside town of Nicaea , not far from his own palace and more accessible for the two priests sent to represent bishop Silvester of Rome . |
| 12 | He was now acting for the two men accused of bombing the Pan Am jumbo jet in 1988 with the loss of 270 lives . |
| 13 | His voluminous political correspondence was purchased from her by Peel 's literary executors , the fifth Earl Stanhope and Edward , Viscount Cardwell [ qq.v. ] , and destroyed except for the two volumes incorporated in the Peel papers , now in the British Library , and letters of his own retained by Lord Stanhope . |
| 14 | ‘ Except for the two unfortunates buried in your churchyard . ’ |
| 15 | And lawyers for the two Libyans suspected of the Lockerbie bombing say a Jury in Scotland might be influenced by what they call prejudicial pretrial publicity . |
| 16 | We conclude that the heterodimeric MHC-encoded transporter is alone sufficient for MHC class I-mediated antigen presentation , at least for the two antigens tested here . |
| 17 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
| 18 | They uncover the gap left in Thomas 's intellectual development by the death of Ashcroft Noble and his own sense of the inadequacy of his preparation for the nine terms spent at University between October 1897 and his final viva voce examination in July 1900 . |
| 19 | Net profit for the nine months slumped 40.6% at $80.6m on turnover that rose 16.5% at $3,048.1m . |
| 20 | Sun Microsystems Inc has reported third quarter net profits down 15.9% at $51.7m on turnover that rose 19.9% at $1,141.3m ; net profit for the nine months slumped 40.6% at $80.6m on turnover that rose 16.5% at $3,048.1m ; net earnings per share fell 22% to $0.60 in the quarter , 42% to $0.77 in the nine months . |
| 21 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 22 | The station had twelve platforms ( ‘ benches ’ ) in constant use , while attached to the station were farriers ' , joiners ' , plumbers ' , and saddlers ' departments , and stables for the 250 horses used in carting . |
| 23 | It was announced that AMK , the Passfield based company , have retained the contract for the 250 Service known as the Liphook Shuttle and will continue to operate the current timetable . |
| 24 | She ran as though she was wearing high heels when a terrible flop on her last visit to Britain , having been made hot favourite for the 1,000 Guineas won by Sayyedati . |
| 25 | She ran as though she was wearing high heels when a terrible flop on her last visit to Britain , having been made hot favourite for the 1,000 Guineas won by Sayyedati . |
| 26 | Attendance figures for the 24 matches played by the eight European Cup quarter-finalists present , superficially at least , a healthy aspect . |
| 27 | The colour plates for the seventy-six works illustrated are excellent , as is the printing by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona . |
| 28 | It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday . |
| 29 | The bill for the 3 forces involved is likely to top half a million pounds . |
| 30 | Liquidators of the park , which closed in October , have until 1994 to find new homes for the 600 animals housed there . |