Example sentences of "[num] of [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nine of DTC 's 50 strong fleet of single decker buses and 13 of United 's 216 fleet have been on the road for almost 20 years . |
| 2 | One of Prudential 's first moves under its new chief executive was to close down its estate agency business , which began in 1985 . |
| 3 | Reluctantly , the Sicilian monarch paid up 20,000 ounces of gold for the unpaid dowry , and a further 20,000 ounces when Richard arranged a marriage between one of Tancred 's daughters and his nephew and heir , Arthur of Brittany . |
| 4 | Peak Practice — a tale of Derbyshire doctoring — has become one of Central 's most successful series . |
| 5 | That the bourse did not perform worse in the year that she held power testifies to the inherent strength of a market many analysts see as one of 1992 's best bets . |
| 6 | FAMILY EDWARD SCISSORHANDS , one of 1992 's most entertaining videos , is the bittersweet tale of artificially created boy ( Johnny Depp ) with scissors as fingers who joins your average American household . |
| 7 | ‘ Your lawn 's a bit overgrown , Dizzy , ’ one of Dizzy 's Women said , looking critically at the grass around her feet . |
| 8 | The Ukranian had been one of United 's most inventive players in a dour struggle made even more frustrating by Southampton 's bruising march towards a Football Association hearing . |
| 9 | Robson , a contender for the Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award , has played in only two of United 's last five matches but his contribution has been significant . |
| 10 | and the first job for the new manager could be to decide on the future of two of United 's stars … |
| 11 | Four of 252 's Beaufighters had been destroyed on the ground during air raids while on Malta and the remaining four left on the same day for Gibraltar on the first leg of the flight back to England , each carrying three aboard instead of the usual crew of two . |