Example sentences of "of [noun pl] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 2 | He did not say whether two sets of values had arisen in the English context . |
| 3 | With the advent of detergents with disinfecting properties ( QACs ) and sophisticated chemistry combining detergents with disinfectants a number of products have appeared since the early 1950's . |
| 4 | A number of authorities had reorganised before the reforms leading to some difficulties , according to John Findlay , social services officer of NALGO . |
| 5 | As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country . |
| 6 | But the rise of chains has resulted in booksellers playing a much more active part in the promotion of books , inviting publishers to contribute to the costs of catalogues , books of the month and generic campaigns , and taking a lead , too , in organising author events . |
| 7 | Often the " essence " has been seen in terms which wider study of religions has shown to be too narrow or too idiosyncratic or in ways which undermine the significance of the external forms of religious traditions . |
| 8 | But Floyd 's air of mock humility , constant stream of self-reflexive comments ( 'Quick cut away ; lots and lots of minutes have gone by now ’ ) and bossy remarks to the cameraman were as refreshing as ever . |
| 9 | People know there is no tourism policy , and the number of personnel has doubled over the last years , but are we getting better services ? |
| 10 | Between 1851 and 1861 , for example , in 821 rural parishes covered by the investigation the population had increased from 305567 to 322064 , while the number of houses had fallen from 69225 to 66109 . |
| 11 | Fell and moorland have been cleared of bracken and heather in order to provide extra grassland and , most notoriously , the ‘ serried ranks ’ of conifers have marched across the hillsides . |
| 12 | A number of researchers have looked at the predictive validity of various types of assessments , including interviews , aptitude tests , personality tests and other techniques . |
| 13 | A number of researchers have concentrated upon public relations to ceremonial occasions ( Bocock , 1974 ; Dayan and Katz , 1985 ; Shils and Young , 1975 ) . |
| 14 | The announcement represented a victory for the Civil Liberties Organization , which the previous October had released a report drawing attention to the appalling conditions in Nigeria 's prisons and claiming that hundreds of prisoners had died of malnutrition or untreated diseases . |
| 15 | A spokesman added , however , that more detailed investigations were needed to determine exactly why clusters of cases had occurred around the country . |
| 16 | A number of cases have turned on the legality of such conditions . |
| 17 | A number of cases have dealt with the valuation of fittings attached to or used in connection with land , whether freehold or leasehold , and associated products and machinery , whether in farms , public houses or factories : see : ( 1 ) for a farming example , Leeds v Burrows ( 1810 ) 12 East 1 , where the value of the outgoing tenant 's hay and a " spike-roll " had to be assessed ; ( 2 ) for a public house , Smith v Peters ( 1875 ) 2O LR Eq 511 , where the household furniture , fixtures and other effects were to be valued ; and ( 3 ) for a factory , Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 , where there was a small company carrying on a family business of manufacturing and retailing woollen goods , and there needed to be a valuation of the premises and the machinery . |
| 18 | The assembly of merchants had become of little value as a tax-granting body not just because of the hostility of the commons but also because Edward 's monopolistic schemes had so divided the mercantile community that it could no longer speak with one voice . |
| 19 | In recent months a parcel of galleries have sprouted on the streets between Spring and Grand in SoHo — not an area previously gallery-intense . |
| 20 | In those words the Neath guru encapsulated the debate that has raged and lurched from one side to another while a succession of coaches have sought in vain to establish a definitive Welsh style , during the years of consistent defeat since the 1988 Triple Crown . |
| 21 | Over the years a small number of programmes have come from lesbians and gay men : the Scottish Minorities Group 's ‘ Glad To Be Gay ’ in 1976 , and coverage of the Clause 28 debate . |
| 22 | The number of shareholders has risen from 7 per cent to 24 per cent of the adult population . |
| 23 | The trip begins at a Eucharistic Congress in Seoul intended to put the seal on the Catholic Church 's extraordinary progress in Korea , where the number of believers has grown from a post-war 200,000 to more than 2.5 million , and is increasing by 10 per cent each year . |
| 24 | By 1898 the number of books had fallen to about 180 , 44 of which had been added the previous year . |
| 25 | In Childers Street , outside the Rastafarian Community Centre , a van-load of rozzers has appeared in face masks and riot gear . |
| 26 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |
| 27 | Already many thousands of words have appeared on the subject — in official reports and other publications . |
| 28 | A variety of organizations have grown within the health sector that relate to both the struggles of its members and to the broader national struggle . |
| 29 | By 1990 the number of passenger-miles had increased by 95% . |
| 30 | The increased use of computers has led to a dramatic rise in the production of paper records . |