Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [num] [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they had scarcely met for twenty years was immaterial and the bond between school fellows and fellow expatriates seemed stronger than ties of blood . |
| 2 | The cold clouds seen at 100 micrometres are large and diffuse , evidently just beginning to condense under their own gravity . |
| 3 | Break-down tests performed in two wells are available . |
| 4 | Waiting in one area is contingent on activity in others . |
| 5 | For a given phase current the torque produced by one phase is proportional to the rate of change of flux linkages with rotor position ( Fitzgerald and Kingsley , 1952 ) and therefore the static torque/rotor position characteristics for positive excitation of the two phases can be deduced , as in Fig. 4.14(c) . |
| 6 | The council 's homeless hostels which cater for 25 families are full . |
| 7 | A HANDMADE Lonsdale skipping rope is standard issue for boxers and will dramatically improve fitness and stamina — skipping for ten minutes is equivalent to jogging for half an hour . |
| 8 | As a result , we would no longer be able to use the concepts of material things in the way we normally use them and the question whether something observed on one occasion is identical with something else observed on a different occasion would not even arise . |
| 9 | Eleven patients have remained free of stones throughout ; two patients with fragments noted at three months were clear at six months after continued oral bile acid treatment . |
| 10 | The observation that the period of the sleep/wake rhythm differs from 24 hours is important because it indicates that environmental cues can not have been responsible . |
| 11 | Graham Money played superbly for 73 , but the leaders ' hopes of an eighth win from 10 games were frustrated , despite another superb exhibition of spin bowling by John O'Brien . |
| 12 | Firstly , because patients who developed recurrent dyspepsia had another endoscopy before their next scheduled endoscopy , an unacceptable degree of bias could be introduced if the ulcer relapse rates associated with two drugs were identical , but relapses on one treatment resulted in more severe symptoms than those on the other . |
| 13 | Busacher had at one time been surprised at Willi 's musical perception , but was no longer . |
| 14 | She was jumpy and had at one point been startled by her own shadow . |
| 15 | On any move , the chance that it might turn through one angle is large if the number for that angle is large in comparison to the numbers for other angles . |
| 16 | This suggests that a high degree of practice of a specific task in the situation where it is needed can lead to success , but whether such skills so acquired in one situation are transferable to others is a contentious point . |
| 17 | An hour or so working at 150 feet is hard work . |