Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there are eight words that need to be fitted in to each day . |
| 2 | The FIAC brought together galleries from fourteen countries representing some 700 artists and proved to be ‘ a fair of small works and small prices ’ as Andree Sfeir-Semler from Kiel in Germany said . |
| 3 | Allan Pursuitte , an American , was jailed for 12 years and ordered to be deported . |
| 4 | At the time of writing these provisions have been in operation for nearly six months and appear to be effective . |
| 5 | For instance , 2,000 plants that promise to be valuable in treating cancer come from the rainforests . |
| 6 | A British submarine on patrol off Crete had come across several Greek caiques or schooners of around 100 tons and known to be carrying German troops , petrol and ammunition . |
| 7 | Based in Bradford , it has only 100 members but claims to be linking up with branches throughout the country . |
| 8 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
| 9 | American Julie Parisien , the top-ranked slalom racer , is strong in three events and seems to be in the best condition of her career . |
| 10 | The Conference was well attended by 120 delegates and proved to be a most useful exercise for the mutual exchange of information and ideas . |
| 11 | It consisted of about one thousand words and purported to be an interview with the new Governor , putting down to him statements which would obviously arouse considerable concern with Government authorities in London . |
| 12 | The Monktonhall miners have secured a number of lucrative deals , including one with ScottishPower which is for five years and believed to be worth £10 million . |
| 13 | The main problem , said Ryzhkov in December , was an acute shortage of rolling stock : freight tariffs had barely changed in 40 years and had to be raised to finance a modernization plan for 1991-2000 . |
| 14 | They recognise that not all interests in society are organised into groups and in order to explain this state of affairs they see it as important to consider two phenomena that tend to be ignored by pluralists . |
| 15 | This had been reduced to 24 hours from 48 based on the 1989 evaluations and seemed to be just about right . |
| 16 | The rest of the report , which was the role of section conferences and industrial conferences , which have been the subject of fairly detailed consultations throughout regions over the previous two years and appeared to be widely accepted was hardly debated at all . |
| 17 | What the model does is to suggest at least two things that need to be examined critically . |
| 18 | ‘ I think , Dr Markham , ’ she said firmly , ‘ if we are to improve the atmosphere around here and have a reasonable working relationship , there are one or two things that need to be said to clear the air . ’ |
| 19 | It can also print on A3 size paper , which is several inches wider than previous technologies allow , so enabling two cheques or slips to be printed side by side . |
| 20 | Mill House had won three of his seven races but seemed to be in decline as his rival rose to yet greater heights . |