Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [adj] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-seven of those came in the first match , against Pontypridd ; Bedford took a similar caning and Coventry only four points less . |
| 2 | In the 1980s , the world wood requirement was some 3000 million m 3 , of which , following earlier figures , some 47% was used as fuel ( 80% of it in the developing world ) , 43% for building and other ‘ solid wood ’ purposes ( two-thirds of this in the developed world ) and 10% for paper ( some seven-eighths of this used in the developed world ) . |
| 3 | The greatest sources of all job losses from 1971 to 1978 lay in the manufacture of textiles , mechanical engineering and metals , but already manufacturing decline was generalized , common to many products and areas . |
| 4 | Nine of those featured in the auction of fifty-four works from the collection of Paris dealer Alain Lesieutre held in November last year . |
| 5 | These men supplied many of the first generation of Russian permanent representatives in western Europe : of the twelve of these accredited in the first decade of the eighteenth century five had been members of the group of students sent to Venice in 1697 . |
| 6 | Millions of these live in the bowel , where they help digestion , so it 's quite normal for them to be present , and all too easy for them to spread — in fact half of all cases of Cystitis are caused by bacterial infection . |
| 7 | A very different book , much more idiosyncratic in its structure and its procedures , is the one of 1938 called in the American printing Culture , and iii the London edition Guide to Kulchur . |
| 8 | We have several apartments for 2–4 people dotted around San Antonio and your actual apartment will be allocated on arrival in Ibiza ; it will be one of those featured in the brochure or one of similar standard . |
| 9 | Your studio , hotel or apartment will be allocated on arrival and will be one of those featured in the brochure or one of a similar standard . |
| 10 | The Triumphant Virtue of Débonereté was one of those personified in the wall paintings ( now lost ) of the Painted Chamber at Westminster , commissioned by Henry III between 1263 and 1272 . |
| 11 | However , its principal aim of accident reduction is only one of those incorporated in the goals of the German projects , which deal with a much more extensive array of environmental and aesthetic improvements . |
| 12 | In December 1989 the following security developments were reported : ( i ) the seizure by the police on Dec. 5 of a large arms cache and the arrest of five people suspected of being members of a white extremist assassination squad ; ( ii ) the acquittal of 12 police officers and a soldier on Dec. 11 by the Cape Town Supreme Court in South Africa 's first private prosecution for murder , arising from the 1985 " Trojan Horse " ambush in which three people were killed , and brought by the father of Shaun Magmoed , 16 , one of those killed in the attack ; and ( iii ) the setting aside on Dec. 15 of the convictions against all 11 defendants in the " Delmas " treason trial , which had ended in December 1988 [ see p. 36913 ] . |
| 13 | But Seaman , one of those criticised in the shock reverse by Norwich , said : ‘ We 've had a disappointing start but we are hoping to get off the bottom against Liverpool . |
| 14 | Whelan is one of 700 entered in the annual ordeal , which offers just 40 cards for next year 's £25 million circuit . |
| 15 | A splendid description of one of these appeared in the Cumberland Pacquet of 1782 on the 6th September , and is quoted in his Guide : |
| 16 | On Feb. 12 the Communist Party daily Granma announced that the Ministry of Agriculture was to lose 25,500 posts , and the Ministry of Construction 50,000 , as part of the government 's rationalization of central administration ; 15,000 of those affected in the Ministry of Agriculture would be relocated , and half of those affected in the Ministry of Construction would be sent to work in the fields . |
| 17 | That will be on top of the £200 million for the current year and £500 million for next announced in the last Autumn Statement . |
| 18 | In 1993 in the Thames Valley police area , there 've been at least 15 attacks and two of those resulted in the death of the animal . |
| 19 | Not only do the Japanese work 10 per cent longer than in the UK , 15 per cent longer than in France or the US and 25 per cent longer than West Germany but absentee levels are less than one-fifth of those recorded in the EEC . |
| 20 | This compares with one in four of those living in the community who were felt to have relatives who might have helped more — a difference which might well occur by chance . |
| 21 | Wistfully , Jaq quoted to himself the words of an ancient leader of the middle kingdom on bygone Earth : ‘ In the land of a thousand million people , what does the death of one million of these count in the cause of purity ? ’ |