Example sentences of "and be [verb] [prep] [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set amidst panoramic views of snow-capped mountains of up to 11,000 feet , the lake is one of earth 's outstanding features ; 400 miles long and up to 50 miles wide , its dazzling blue , crystal clear water is over a mile deep in places and is reckoned to be one fifth of the world 's supply of fresh water . |
| 2 | If we take the two words ‘ my turn ’ , the relationship between and , between and and between and is said to be one of close juncture . |
| 3 | Triton SCI will offer bridges to VME-based systems and is claimed to be five times faster than systems that will be built around the emerging Futurebus+ standard . |
| 4 | The new business has been split off from IBM Personal Systems Business Europe , and is claimed to be one of the world 's largest software businesses ; operations are currently being formed in individual European countries . |
| 5 | The team is to be lead by Dr. Boris Babaian of the Russian Academy of Science , inventor of the Elbrus-3 supercomputer which was developed for the Soviet space programme and is reported to be three times faster than a Cray Y-MP . |
| 6 | Since 1979 , the average rate under the Conservatives has more than halved , and is forecast to be four per cent by the end of this year . |
| 7 | She had two young children and was going to be thirty she felt the responsibility of having to forget her fantasy life as her Frenchman 's cabin boy . |
| 8 | Although is mother 's house had always been spotless , and was considered to be one of the most exclusive brothels in the red-light district , it too had managed to capture some of the essence of the tenements , a lingering miasma that no matter how often the skivvies scrubbed and washed the floors and walls still managed to seep into the house . |