Example sentences of "[noun] [is] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brief glance at their relative sizes shows that the OED is several times larger than any of the other dictionaries , resulting in a considerable computational overhead in terms of memory requirements and search times . |
| 2 | In the second recitative of La mort de Didon ( book 1 , C.1709 ) an unexpected F major chord following a D minor cadence and a dramatic pause underline Dido 's exclamation ‘ Perfidious lover ! ’ admirably , and the account of her final moments in the next recitative is several times articulated in the same sensitive manner . |
| 3 | The gateway is several feet in thickness but the outer face is in better condition ( 71 ) . |
| 4 | Raymond is several shades of rose by now , Mrs Mills is a little tipsy and becoming fond of him . ’ |
| 5 | The current per unit volume is several times that in the Earth . |
| 6 | Whoever compiled this musical recording is several steps ahead of us . |
| 7 | Whoever compiled this musical recording is several steps ahead of us . |
| 8 | A point many be slightly rammed home as when , in The Foreman Went To France , the brutality of the Germans in shooting refugees and bombing cities to kill innocent civilians is several times reiterated , but there is never any point in these pictures where one feels the dramatic structure is being distorted for purely message-directed ends . |
| 9 | Whatever the type or destination of a report , and whether its length is several pages or several volumes , it should start with a registration of the following information |
| 10 | The whole escarpment is several kilometres long , but so far development seems to be confined to a group of crags at its right-hand side . |
| 11 | The answer is several centuries of clever marketing . |
| 12 | As these winds fail the mass of ocean water that is piled up in the far western Pacific ( where the sea level is several centimetres higher than in the east ) comes flooding back . |
| 13 | Our mum 's several times her rings has gone on her cooker she 's had to buy a new element and she 's switched to gas . |
| 14 | In one part , this shell is several cells thick and it is from this part that the child will ultimately develop ; elsewhere the shell has a thickness of only one cell . |
| 15 | Stabilisation of high-end systems is several quarters away at best , and the mainframe and storage declines contributed to a $1 per share decline in first quarter gross profits . |
| 16 | Stabilisation of high-end systems is several quarters away at best , and the mainframe and storage declines contributed to a $1 per share decline in first quarter gross profits . |
| 17 | Someone takes the hat round for us and the Craig Evans appeal is several pounds better off . |