Example sentences of "be [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heiresses dominate the magazine 's list of the 250 wealthiest women in Britain — there are 97 worth a total of £3.6 billion with the nine richest coming from just three families . |
| 2 | Tyres fitted are 16.9 × 28 fronts and then massive 30.5 × 32s on the rear . |
| 3 | ‘ The only one-twos I want to see now , ’ growled Jack — now famed for the long-ball game with Ireland — ‘ are one-twos with God ! ’ |
| 4 | Pakistan are 275 for four , leading by 68 runs with three days left . |
| 5 | In this factory there are 1100 of us and yet we only have one Asian shop steward . |
| 6 | Around 80% of its business is generated through value-added resellers and dealers — of which there are 500 in the UK alone — making it particularly vulnerable to piracy . |
| 7 | In fact , they are 70 to 80 per cent effective . |
| 8 | Of the 9,123 adjudications in 1868 there had been 6,489 in which no dividend had been realized . |
| 9 | So , what we say is that the more things are eight until twelve . |
| 10 | Rarely has a Merseyside derby — and there have now been 147 of them in the League — had such significance for one of the managers . |
| 11 | There are fifty of the Soldier-folk here in the city itself , under Odhar , and twice as many more in the surrounding fiefs . |
| 12 | The accompanying illustrations , which are fifty in number , were taken from sketches made by Mr. Gould himself , and executed on stone by Mrs. Gould , with that admirable success , which has attended all her works . ’ |
| 13 | It is not very easy to judge when you are two-thirds of the way through a turn , so turning round a buoy provides a good reference point . |
| 14 | The average number of days per year on which people in non-manual groups experience restricted activity due to illness are 32 among men aged 65 and over and 46 for women in the same age group . |
| 15 | There had been eight of them , four girls and four boys , and only ten years between first and last . |
| 16 | But , broadly , charges are 21.9 to 25.3 APR for unsecured personal loans . |
| 17 | With the FTSE staging a modest recovery to be 6.5 down at 3032.1 having been 16.5 off immediately dealing began , City analysts believe the 100-index will fall to the 3000 level if the weakness on the New York stock market continues . |
| 18 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 19 | There are 2 to 4 pointed appressed arm spines the longest may be up to one segment in length . |
| 20 | Eldest daughter Carol , 18 , tells us : ‘ Even though there are 12 of us , he is always there for each of us when we need him or his shoulder to cry on . |
| 21 | Eldest daughter Carol , 18 , tells us : ‘ Even though there are 12 of us , he is always there for each of us when we need him or his shoulder to cry on . |
| 22 | I am 30 plus 8 years old . |
| 23 | The poet receives no replies : the Sonnets are one-half of a correspondence , as they represent one-half of a relationship . |
| 24 | Cambridgeshire are 134 for 6 after 55 in reply to Northants ' total of 234 for 4 . |
| 25 | Denis Carroll , chairperson of the Residents ' Association , said ‘ Objections from 93 per cent of the local community to the gold prospectors are 50/50 between environmental and religious concerns . |
| 26 | Since our June issue , we have chosen to standardise and dropped the ‘ e ’ from the name ; sources are 50/50 on the spelling ! |
| 27 | There have been 2 by local newspapers and both show our support more or less the same as it was back in 87 with a substantial drop in Liberal Democrat support and a substantial rise in support for Labour . |
| 28 | The biggest irony of all is that probably no single factor proved more damaging than the contribution of the man who we were told was so universally respected and popular that , if he had been Labour leader instead of Neil Kinnock , Labour 's lead in the polls would have been 49 to 33 . |
| 29 | There are 12,500 on the Council 's waiting list for homes , but only a small proportion could be treated as a priority , she said . |
| 30 | ( The market 's post crash high had been 2,737.8 on 11 May 1992 . ) |