Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] thousands of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 1600 installations are notifiable , along with thousands of kilometres of pipelines ( mostly high-pressure natural gas transmission lines ) . |
| 2 | Over long distances this adds up to thousands of pounds of pressure on your limbs and joints . |
| 3 | Cara Pickering , prosecuting , told Chester magistrates yesterday that Joseph Griffiths , of Arrowcroft Road , Guilden Sutton , had deceived mail order companies out of thousands of pounds for almost five years by ordering goods in false names . |
| 4 | The labour camps , temperatures of 50 degrees below zero , a lifetime condemned to stare out over thousands of miles of the bleak , barren permafrost , where blindness eventually came as a minor blessing . |
| 5 | The exam was sent out to thousands of schools as part of the government 's testing scheme for youngsters . |
| 6 | How do you get a little drawing like that on to thousands of metres of fabric ? ’ |