This is despite the fact that it has adopted 17 constitutions and suffered umpteen coups in its 76-year history as a constitutional monarchy .
尽管在其76年的君主立宪制历史中，它已颁布了17部宪法，经历过无数次政变。
But because the big three had unveiled umpteen unfulfilled turnaround plans over the years , mr ford needed to give this latest effort credibility , especially with the company 's bankers .
He certainly knew how to play canada'sjudicial system , lodging umpteen appeals , while living under a luxury versionof house arrest in vancouver that was said to be saving taxpayers ' money .
The world 's most successful company over the past five years , according to a recent stern stewart study of " wealth added " , has been an unwieldy conglomerate spread across umpteen unconnected businesses , many of them ( for example , light bulbs ) distinctly unfashionable .
