Example sentences of "[det] [num] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attacks had been committed on April 19 , 1989 , by a gang of some 30 youths who went " wilding " — a term which came to mean rampaging through the park perpetrating random assaults . |
| 2 | The Shavante are an Amerindian group of some 2,000 people who dwell in the Mato Grosso of Central Brazil . |
| 3 | On July 7-8 some 650 Albanians who had attempted to cross without documents into the Greek districts of Ioannina and Thesprotia were likewise deported , and on July 10 some 2,800 Albanian citizens employed in Greece were sent back to southern Albania , apparently in co-ordination with the Albanian local authorities [ see also pp. 38690 ; 38775 ; 38830 ; 38920 ] . |
| 4 | We will have another half dozen players who were born before 1920 . ’ |
| 5 | The man buried yesterday was the king of the Tembus , the most powerful of the half dozen tribes who speak the Xhosa language . |
| 6 | Even in the compartment he was explaining to the other half dozen men who had no option but to listen , how the New York Giants would have taken both of them on , one after another , and still have had time to take on the Chicago White Soxs as well . |
| 7 | Mr Hartley fears cutting the concession could be the last straw for some 80 farmers who keep 75,000 Herdwicks in the Lake District . |
| 8 | From that assessment , a group to be known as the Trailblazers will be formed and will come under the guidance of the Cliff Richard Development Trust , which is already supporting some 11 youngsters who previously progressed from the former Search for a start scheme . |
| 9 | This is n't such a monumental task but for the arrival of another 150,000 visitors who have exactly the same plans ! |
| 10 | Peggy thought she knew of at least another ten people who would not really be mourning the death of Henry Phipps . |
| 11 | In January , one ship had visited Dili bringing four officers and some 50 reinforcements who apparently thought independence meant lack of discipline . |
| 12 | This latter is a longitudinal survey over a period of two and a half years following a structured sample of some 4,000 persons who registered as unemployed in May 1980 . |
| 13 | SOME 4,000 depositors who lost £42m in one of Britain 's biggest bank crashes are to receive their first interim payment following an £11.7m judgment against fugitive city financier Jim Raper in the Manx Chancery Court yesterday . |
| 14 | Page 30 Manx payouts : Some 4,000 depositors who lost £42m in one of Britain 's biggest bank crashes are to receive their first interim payment following an £11.7m judgment against City financier Jim Raper in the Manx Chancery Court yesterday . |
| 15 | The official news agency Tanjug reported on Aug. 13 that nearly 90,000 people had left their homes in Croatia since the start of the clashes , quoting Red Cross figures of 48,161 Serbs who had fled to Serbia and 30,651 Croatians to Croatia plus some 10,000 people who had fled to Bosnia . |
| 16 | Davide had been asked to act as legal counsel for three candidates from Rupe , four from Corrado , and for some five others who appeared but wisely did not divulge their place of origin . |
| 17 | However , his departure was more like triumph since he took with him some 2000 men who preferred to go into exile with him rather than remain in Alfonso 's service . |
| 18 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 19 | ‘ The guys were shot one by one by this one gunman who was very methodical . |
| 20 | Among the companies ' officers were 20 experts on mountain warfare , flown home from the Indian north-west frontier , who put to good use their knowledge of Pathan tribesmen 's tactics , ambushing some 60 Germans who came ashore to probe northward . |
| 21 | There are currently some 25,000 members who pay their annual subscription by direct debit . |
| 22 | Konstantin Morozov had ordered the transfer out of the country of some 6,000 officers who refused to take an oath of loyalty to Ukraine . |
| 23 | This figure includes some 900,000 people who in 1985 failed to claim the benefits they were legally entitled to . |
| 24 | Task Force Atlantic also attacked and seized the main military prison , freeing some 48 prisoners who had been arrested by Gen Noriega after the abortive coup against him on October 3 . |
| 25 | There are some 400 mothers who have openly affiliated to the Committee despite the risks involved . |
| 26 | In my mind while you 're talking is about these three children who presumably er this gentleman 's wife was supposed to be looking after on thirty pounds a week . |
| 27 | Which brings me to consider the likeness — and differences — between these two sopranos who often sang much of the same repertoire . |
| 28 | These two women who have never been tried have become two of the stars of the French press 's Chamber of Horrors . |
| 29 | What would happen to these two women who had done nothing to deserve her evil body and heart between them , what would happen to them when she was dead ? |
| 30 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |