Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | An national and indefinite strike of bank workers began on Sept. 12 for pay increases of up to 297 per cent . |
| 2 | We expect to secure more work in 1993 for specialist areas of activity in particular with HV Fox and Satellite DGPS and there will be closer operational links with Aberdeen . |
| 3 | He acted as the focal point for the enthusiasm of many hundreds of volunteer workers of every social background up and down the country . |
| 4 | Last year a resolution on nudist areas was accompanied by an explanatory statement form its proposers which was considered by many hundreds of naturist members of the Trust to be inaccurate and tendentious . |
| 5 | As the hydrogen atoms are the lightest they must move most , and it is usual to describe all three as deformation modes of the group ( Fig. 5.45 ) . |
| 6 | Man-of-the-match Akram added an unbeaten 21 to bowling figures of 4-46 . |
| 7 | Holding 's figures this time were 6 for 57 for match figures of 14 for 149 , the first West Indian to take more than twelve wickets in a Test . |
| 8 | Employees in the metal and engineering industries were involved in a series of strikes on July 5 and 6 , and settled on July 13 for pay increases of 20 per cent , a 40-hour week and a 12-month job-security guarantee . |
| 9 | Each nucleus of an egg or sperm cell has a unique genetic constitution , but the nuclei of the many millions of body cells of an individual all have the same or similar genetic constitution . |
| 10 | Among other works of note purchased during the year were a copy of Richard Westall 's Victories of the Duke of Wellington ( London , 1819 ) , comprising twelve coloured aquatints of British battle scenes , including one of Highland troops of the 91st Regiment ( the Argyllshire Highlanders ) repulsing French cavalry at the Battle of Vimiera ; a copy , in extremely fine condition , of R. R. McIan 's Picturesque Gatherings of the Scottish Highlanders at Home , on the Heath , the River , and the Loch ( London , 1848 ) , published by Ackermann and Company ; and a copy of Angus McLean 's Lindigo , the White Woman ; or , The Highland Girl 's Captivity among the Australian Blacks ( Melbourne , 1866 ) . |
| 11 | Five former Communist Party ( ALP ) and police officials were sentenced on Dec. 27 to prison terms of between 15 and 20 years for ordering the shooting of demonstrators on April 2 , 1991 , in Shkodër , where four people were killed and 57 injured [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 12 | Eight opposition politicians were sentenced on Sept. 23 to prison terms of up to three years on charges of " acting as a fifth column " during the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 13 | Yeah , I , I went in yesterday actually , I spoke to the assistant manager and erm , it , it was not good news at all , he got two like plastic dispensers of leaflets in front of the till |
| 14 | RICHARD WHEELER ( Gosfield Lake ) and John Blackmore ( Felixstowe Golf Centre ) tied for first place in the Panshanger classic pre-qualifying round with four under par scores of 68 . |
| 15 | All three came in with two under par rounds of 73 over the Royal Lytham and St Annes on a day when only eight players bettered a demanding par . |
| 16 | Of brick and stone construction , it was built c. 1300 with twin naves of equal height divided by a central row of columns ( 439 ) . |
| 17 | The company was wound up in the High Court in February 1989 with tax debts of £35,520 . |
| 18 | In 1983 , CILT provided three anonymous descriptions of modern languages PGCE courses , one in a Polytechnic and two in university departments of education . |
| 19 | Despite the survival of thousands of field monuments of this early prehistoric period , most of them represent burial , religious and ritual structures ; there is little evidence for fields or settlements . |
| 20 | ‘ Janet , look — dozens and dozens of chocolate biscuits of all kinds ! |
| 21 | Even if the client company has adopted Table A ( Companies Act 1948 , Sch 1 or Companies ( Tables A-F ) Regulations 1985 ) without modification , para 7 of the Institute 's Technical Release TR 720 of 30 September 1988 regarding Tax implications of certain payments to directors should be brought to the Inspector 's attention . |
| 22 | It was first launched in 1944 by youth members of the ANC , who were impatient with the conservative approach of the leadership , and led to the adoption of a militant plan of action . |