Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | system 624 and 2331 owners are offered a one-day course . |
| 2 | Level One modules operate with a high degree of tutor/supervisor support , Level Two with a limited degree of tutor support and at Level Three students are given a high degree of responsibility to plan , organise and undertake their own activities . |
| 3 | Middle-earth itself survived in song even after people had forgotten what it meant : ‘ 0 cocks are crowing a merry midd-larf , /A wat the wilde foule boded day . ’ |
| 4 | ( The various P-40 models were renamed a few times — the ‘ A , ‘ B and ‘ Cs were called the Tomahawk ; the ‘ D , ‘ E , ‘ F and ‘ Ks were known as the ‘ Kittyhawk ’ ; and the ‘ L , ‘ M and ‘ Ns were christened Warhawk ) . |
| 5 | In 1911 courts were given a statutory power to apportion damages in cases of collision at sea ( Maritime Conventions Act 1911 ) . |
| 6 | Sites at Ballyhannon have caused the greatest furore , with five acres being sold a few weeks ago for £250,000 . |
| 7 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 8 | At Level One students are given a high degree of support and supervision when devising and implementing a programme of activities . |
| 9 | Transposed in time to medieval days , where two cultures are fighting a losing battle against the undead , he becomes an unwilling hero . |
| 10 | Two words are awarded a high semantic score if the definition of one word contains the other . |
| 11 | The new scheme provides that , by December 31st 1994 , the four countries are to share a common external tariff , with free movement of goods and services among themselves . |
| 12 | The four countries were to convene a further meeting in six months to evaluate the progress of the agreement , and to host in 1991 an international conference on the control of illegal drugs . |
| 13 | In south Glasgow , two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde . |
| 14 | The voting forms are flooding in and ClubCall 's telephone vote line is red hot — and already two men are setting a blistering pace in the race for our Star of Sport title . |
| 15 | ‘ The Protons were basically a punk rock band , ’ Lenny explains , as the ‘ Weed luxuriate in the compact and bijou confines of the third support band 's dressing facilities at the London Astoria , ‘ and these two guys were doing a '60s R&B thing . |
| 16 | Secondly , the transaction fees will need to be quite high if the investment made by Reuters and the CBoT/CME of between 40 and 50 million dollars is to yield a positive return . |
| 17 | One man was whimpering in the corner and two others were playing a bizarre version of dominoes , in which none of the numbers matched . |
| 18 | Two boys were fondling a large panting dog they had on a lead . |
| 19 | Inside , two women were feeding a sick cow . |
| 20 | More than a hundred schoolchildren are paying a high price for the peace dividend … their school has been forced to close . |
| 21 | The two Dukes were fighting a terrible battle in a city called Glasstown . |
| 22 | BOXER Frank Bruno said he would ‘ pull no punches ’ in his campaign to help underprivileged young people when he joined more than 400 youngsters being given a new chance in life by the Prince 's Trust at a special promotion in Ayr yesterday . |
| 23 | We often lost each other on the seven barges being pushed a thousand miles up the Zaire River , once Conrad 's Congo . |
| 24 | True Brit Christie 's first action after storming to victory in just 9.96 seconds was to snatch a giant Union Jack flag from British fans and drape it around his shoulders for his rousing lap of honour . |