Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elections to a new 205-member House of Representatives resulted in a victory for the Nepali Congress , which formed a new government in late May , and marked the final stage of a 15-month democratization process which had resulted in the destruction of the old panchayat system , under which political parties had been banned and most political power had rested in the hands of the monarch , King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva [ see p. 37856 for chronology of events leading to the adoption of a new constitution in November 1990 ] . |
| 2 | Belgium is to impose a tax on beer , soft drink and mineral water containers by the end of 1993 as part of plans to curb packaging waste . |
| 3 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 4 | 10.8.12 In respect of licences granted under intellectual property rights the licensor shall , at the request and coat of the licensee , execute and do all such deeds , acts matters and thins as are requisite for securing an official registration of such licenses . |
| 5 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 6 | the financial statements comply with Sch 6 of the Companies Act 1985 in respect of directors ' emoluments and other transactions involving directors ; |
| 7 | Some 50 or so depositors , possibly more , signed transfers in July 1991 in respect of sums totalling several million pounds . |
| 8 | The Commission adopted interim measures for the first time in June 1991 in respect of aids granted to the French betting monopoly in the case referred to in the case study on pp. 238 — 43 . |
| 9 | Now cross stitches five and six in front of stitches seven and eight * |
| 10 | Proceeds of a concert at Middlesbrough Little Theatre on May 10 in memory of Police Superintendent Bill Askew who died of cancer will help pay for a holistic treatment centre , an alternative medicine to fight cancer , at South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 11 | PW points out that had Perfect Information been accounted for as an associated undertaking , ‘ in our opinion up to £2m of the loss recognised this year would have been reflected in the year ended 31 March 1991 by elimination of profits arising on sales made to Perfect Information Ltd . |
| 12 | 1984 for definition of terms Rivers 1964 Dakin 1973 on the nature and use of drills in language teaching Palmer 1981 on the nature of meaning Yule 1985 |
| 13 | ( a ) As to the persons " disqualified by … this or any other enactment " for holding , a licence , see Sched. 5 for list of offences carrying disqualification under the Act . |
| 14 | The Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) announced on June 14 that the convictions of the " Maguire Seven " , imprisoned in 1976 for possession of explosives in connexion with the 1974 Guildford and Woolwich public house bombings [ see pp. 26870-71 ; 27739 ] , were " unsafe and unsatisfactory " . |
| 15 | The Court of Appeal on June 26 overturned the convictions of the " Maguire Seven " , who were imprisoned in 1976 for possession of explosives in connection with the 1974 Guildford and Woolwich public house bombings ( see pp. 26870-71 ; 27739 ) . |
| 16 | ( See chapter 11 for list of foods high in cholesterol . ) |
| 17 | Finance ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) and European central bank governors held an informal meeting in Luxembourg on May 11 as part of negotiations on economic and monetary union ( EMU ) under way since December 1990 [ see pp. 37905-06 ] . |
| 18 | To take one example , there is no provision for independent representation for pupils aged under 18 in respect of appeals concerning reinstatement following permanent exclusion . |
| 19 | Only a very small number of authorities were unable to say that some money was being directly spent on training or were unable to indicate a person or people at least nominally responsible for training ( see Chapter 3 for discussion of resources available for training ) . |
| 20 | These tests ( see Appendix I for list of questions used ) covered naming and locating articles , holding them , and using them appropriately . |
| 21 | Investment banks and rich individuals are buying billions of dollars-worth of buildings and non-performing loans . |
| 22 | Sixty-Nine Ninety-five with Range of Attachments for Round-the-House Cleanliness , ’ he added , remembering with a sigh the familiar signs . |
| 23 | ( 8 ) Subject to the provisions of Ord 19 , r 6 in respect of claims involving £1,000 or less , the costs of the action up to and including the entry of judgment shall be in the discretion of the arbitrator to be exercised in the same manner as the discretion of the court under the provisions of the County Court Rules ( Ord 19 , r 5(2) ) . |
| 24 | Muge was known as an outspoken critic of corruption and of the erosion of democratic freedoms [ see also p. 37603 for role of churchmen in criticism of government ] , and had accused unnamed government members of involvement in the death in February of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko [ see p. 37239 ] . |
| 25 | So he he 's been up he 's one of type of dogs , he said like a human you would n't know if he went in the house they would n't know whether he was coming out with a double barrelled shot gun to shoot yourself or |
| 26 | is just one of band of companies around the country , presenting their business plans to private investors . |
| 27 | However , where goods are exchanged for a combination of money and other goods , the contract is one of sale of goods . |
| 28 | Contrariwise , if he has the right himself to buy the goods he is a buyer and the contract between X and Y will be one of sale of goods and not one of agency , Weiner v. Gill ( 1906 C.A. ) . |
| 29 | In the civil service the prevailing ethos is one of control of subordinates rather than allowing discretion . |
| 30 | The pattern that emerges from these results on trampling is one of breakage of skulls , jaws and postcrania leading to complete absence of skulls , reduction in numbers of maxillae , considerable loss of teeth from the jaws leading to large numbers of isolated teeth , considerable breakage of larger postcranial elements and some degree of loss , but no loss or breakage of smaller elements . |