Example sentences of "[num] of the [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claims are rarely as simple as the type of situation envisaged in Clause 12 of the ICE Conditions of Contract ( 5th edition ) producing a readily identified effect that can be costed easily . |
| 2 | This nuclear binding energy is zero for hydrogen where the nucleus is a single proton and rises to 0.7 per cent of the mass x c 2 of the constituent nucleons in the case of iron . |
| 3 | The federal parliament has now agreed to allow some 300 of the pesticide formulations to be both sold and used in the eastern states until the end of 1994 . |
| 4 | BEN MARTIN 'S incredible run has continued in rounds seven and eight of the Netway Masters in Auckland , New Zealand . |
| 5 | I think er the original plan would have envisaged er a very high proportion of that work having been converted to a fixed price at this point in the programme because according to the original programme not only would the aircraft have flown but we would be entering production investment at this stage and we would there be be fairly confident about the er maturity of the design , however the programme has proceeded much more slowly than originally planned and the amount of er the price that has been converted to a fixed price is indeed quite modest er we have in fact I think only converted eight of the price packages to a fixed price er basis so far . |
| 6 | About two-thirds of the success rates for each question were less than ten percentage points different . |
| 7 | British firms or consortia have won two-thirds of the consultancy contracts for the territory 's £8.5 billion port and airport project . |
| 8 | And finally Morgan , looking again at solitary well differentiated tumours , suggested a regime similar to that of Palmer 's , namely missing out two or three of the check cystoscopies in the first year . |
| 9 | Today three of the feeder competitions for the National League — the East , North and West Leagues — complete their pre-winter break fixtures , writes Pat Rowley . |
| 10 | Robertson was chairman of three of the railway companies of north Wales as well as the Wirral Railways Company ; chairman of the Minera Lime Company , the Broughton and Plas Power Coal Company , the Brymbo Steel Company , and the Brymbo Water Company ; and director of the Wrexham , Mold & Connah 's Quay Railway Company . |
| 11 | Spring brings the special days of three of the patron saints of the British Isles . |
| 12 | On the other side of the argument is the fact that over one-fourth of the respondent firms in the survey did not have an environmental scanning system in evidence , only 5% of the firms were using the most sophisticated environmental scanning system available ( i.e. they have an environmental scanning unit which is tied to the planning process , utilizes computer data banks , involves most countries in which they operate and integrates environmental information on a worldwide basis ) , and 51% of the respondents still reported little or no computerization being used in the process . |
| 13 | Up to two thirds of the operating profits of owner-managed companies goes on interest payments , it is claimed today . |
| 14 | The cold was so intense that it killed up to two thirds of the walnut trees in France . |
| 15 | ‘ Five of the founder members of the Dublin Hell Fire Club , ’ Mahoney announced with a sweeping gesture . |
| 16 | In this project , the economies of the process of adaption to reduced demand in industrial markets is being studied in relation to the experience since 1973 of the steel industries in the European Communities , the United States and Japan . |
| 17 | He is a most distinguished Mozartian , and this year is recording all 27 of the piano concertos for Chandos Records . |
| 18 | Figure 5.3 shows support for the Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) to the United States Constitution , proposed in 1972 but never ratified because although it passed through both houses of Congress it did not receive the positive vote of three-quarters of the State Legislatures within seven years , as required by the Constitution . |
| 19 | Last September , in an effort to reconcile the genuine nature conservation aspirations of various wildlife groups with the Port 's need for expansion , the Harbour Commissioners reached agreement with the major nature conservation bodies in the Province to preserve one of the Kinnegar lagoons as a bird sanctuary along with approximately 70 acres of land around the North end of Belfast City Airport 's runway for development as a nature park . |
| 20 | He hooked one of the bentwood chairs into position with his foot and sat on it astride , arms resting on the back . |
| 21 | Sara was sitting on one of the bentwood chairs by the desk in the bare little office ; a WPC , her black-stockinged legs tucked under her chair , sat by the door . |
| 22 | Market segmentation is one of the refinement processes of marketing . |
| 23 | The convention , which has been proposed by Greenpeace , would not so much be concerned with enforcement and punishment but " would be more a guidance framework to be introduced into the thinking of governments " , declared Richard Falk , professor of international law at Harvard University and one of the keynote speakers at the conference . |
| 24 | Moore 's start in athletics came relatively late when he was 14 : ‘ One of the PE teachers at school had a son at Birchfield and , after he 'd seen me jumping well at school , he said , ‘ Why do n't you come down ? ’ |
| 25 | One of the principle reasons for the development of anti-school attitudes amongst these young people is the separation and ranking of students according to a multiple set of criteria which make up the normative , academically oriented value system of the school . |
| 26 | One of the principle aims of the LPU was to ensure that Wages Councils met at least once a year ( many had not done so , despite the rate of inflation at the time ) . |
| 27 | It has been one of the principle tenets of urethritis treatment policy that the patient should take no alcohol during the treatment period . |
| 28 | In the Catholic school context one of the principle tasks of the teacher is to help pupils know , understand and appreciate the spiritual and religious dimension of life as expressed in the Catholic faith tradition . |
| 29 | One of the principle ways of promoting the interests of one , as opposed to another , is to gain influence over public policy decisions . |
| 30 | One of the talking points of the year so far has been the coming of desktop publishing . |