Example sentences of "of the [num] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The efflorescence of rock 'n' roll , and of the 1960s rock movements , took place against the background of a new social-historical phase , that of the ‘ long boom ’ , ‘ welfare capitalism ’ and an ideology of liberal tolerance . |
| 2 | At least two of the eleven Issue Areas specified in Part 2 of the syllabus ( International Issues ) are also covered . |
| 3 | Their work in the 1980s led to the creation of the Scottish Academic Libraries Bibliographic Information Network ( SALBIN ) , developed by Edinburgh University Library on behalf of the Group : nine of the eleven research libraries , as members of the Joint Academic Network ( JANET ) , are able to consult one another 's collections via the network , and the two remaining libraries will also be linked up shortly ; and work is proceeding on planning an online file of current serials in Scottish libraries , and a distributed directory of library resources in the eleven libraries , which will be available over JANET . |
| 4 | Indeed since eight of the eleven cell members were not peasants , they probably fell easily into this view of their own roles . |
| 5 | Indeed , the refurbishment of the 220 building results from AEA 's commercial considerations and is not necessitated by Ministry of Defence contracts . |
| 6 | Charles Keating , once a successful Phoenix property developer , has become the bankrupt symbol of the multi-billion dollar savings-and-loan debacle . |
| 7 | The Royal Town Planning Instiutute has found 69 of the 92 League clubs either planning a relocation or some form of commercial scheme on the same site or adjacent land . |
| 8 | Panić and Vernon ( 1975 ) also found the rate of return on capital employed to be a significant variable in affecting investment in five of the six manufacturing industries studied . |
| 9 | In his position as the British Prime Minister , Harold Macmillan announced , in July 1961 , that the British government wished to negotiate joining the Common Market , i.e. the European Economic Community , but the French President , de Gaulle , fearing that France would lose her position as the leader of the six member countries , was not keen on the British , entry , despite the agreement of the other five nations , The special relationship that Britain had with the U.S.A. was also disliked by de Gaulle and , in any event , the French government wanted special provisions to protect French agriculture , so he effectively blocked Britain 's entry into the E.E.C . |
| 10 | Foreign Ministers of the six member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN , comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 23rd annual meeting in Jakarta , Indonesia , on July 24-25 . |
| 11 | Foreign Ministers of the six member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN , comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 24th annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , on July 19-20 [ see p. 37613 for 23rd annual meeting held in Jakarta in July 1990 ] . |
| 12 | Heads of government of the six member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) convened in Singapore on Jan. 27-28 for the organization 's fourth summit meeting [ for third ASEAN summit held in December 1987 see pp. 35907-08 ] . |
| 13 | Four of these cancers were well or moderately well differentiated , and five of the six bone scans obtained yielded negative results . |
| 14 | The % cytotoxicity of the six serum samples from patients with ulcerative colitis was 11.2 ( 4.3 ) % when untreated effector cells were used ( Fig 2(A) ) . |
| 15 | Three of the six lymph nodes affected by sarcoid and four out of nine of the lung specimens affected by sarcoid were positive for both M tuberculosis complex specific DNA and the sequence from the 65 kilodalton gene . |
| 16 | Hough had discovered the chemistry of sucralose by selectively replacing three of the six hydroxyl ions in the natural sugar molecule ( sucrose ) with three chlorine atoms . |
| 17 | Three of the six theatre companies selected to take part in this year 's festival come from Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | The percentages of people applying this comment to each of the six credit types were as follows : |
| 19 | The principles for overcoming any of the six problem areas listed previously can be adapted to the following general format . |
| 20 | Pricing is being left to each of the six semiconductor makers . |
| 21 | Er we dismantled one of the six cylinder engines , we did it in a shift . |
| 22 | William Stockley ( 1776–1860 ) was one of the six foundation students of the College , becoming a resident pupil in January 1792 on the recommendation of Lord Rivers . |
| 23 | Although counting remained incomplete in several constituencies , it appeared that the Liberal Party had won 53 seats in the 88-member Legislative Assembly and its coalition partner , the National Party , had won nine ; the ALP and the Liberal-National alliance each now controlled half of the six state governments . |
| 24 | The first stage of creating the definition is to write down headings for each of the six CATWOE categories and try to fill them in . |
| 25 | In the third term , students undertake supervised individual project work leading to extended essays on any two of the six course components . |
| 26 | It was one of the six pilot sites used to test Taurus , the paperless share transfer system being developed by the Stock Exchange . |
| 27 | Help us give every child a passport to health … and make 1990 the year we break the grip of the six killer diseases . |
| 28 | We decided to exclude users of legal drugs such as alcohol , tobacco and caffeine , and users of prescribed drugs , such as tranquillisers and other hypnosedatives ( unless used in combination with one or more of the six study drugs ) , because these most prevalent forms of ‘ licit ’ drug use were outside the scope of our investigation . |
| 29 | Certainly each of the six crab apples planted in my garden earn their keep in wildlife and ornamental terms . |
| 30 | And now Altarus has uncovered buried treasure where most of us did n't know there was a stone to be turned over , in this two-CD set of the six Piano Sonatas by Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté . |