Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleven I 'm bid. , Twelve , thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen , nineteen , twenty pounds . |
| 2 | Is that clear it 's people that 've spoken to . |
| 3 | 12 It is 1,280km from Freeport to Santo Domingo . |
| 4 | The rate poundage is set by local councils and for Oxford in 1989–90 it is 291.1p in the pound . |
| 5 | It amazes me how early they are people are putting up their Christmas decorations . |
| 6 | In 1991 it was 12.9p . |
| 7 | In the first half of 1991 it was £2.1 billion , which is some 30 per cent . |
| 8 | At his heaviest he was 18st 3lb , and he lost seven stone in 10 months . |
| 9 | Subscriptions increased rapidly throughout the inflation-sick 1970's , so much so that in 1970 the men 's subscription had been only £28 but by 1980 was £126.50 + V.A.T. ( In 1960 it was £14 and today ( 1986 ) is £165 + V.A.T. ) . |
| 10 | Are you sure it 's chickenpox ? ’ |
| 11 | Ermann and Lundman ( 1982:148 ) show that the heaviest fine in 1961 was the equivalent of $12.30 and in 1976 it was $1.80 ! |
| 12 | ‘ As far as he is concerned he 's fine . |
| 13 | In 1976 the average capital investment per job generated by grant-aided foreign direct investment was £7,850 ; for Tara 's Navan mine in 1977 it was £93,800 per job . |
| 14 | At the PDA 600 Pen Pad launch ( see front ) , he responded to journalists ' concern that the pen would go missing : ‘ We give three away free in the box … after that they are £500 each ’ . |
| 15 | In 1989-90 the total amount of grant was £33.8 million , in 1990-91 it was £31.2 million and for 1991-92 it is £29.7 million . |
| 16 | It was not held at this level ; for most of the 1390s it was 8d. and dropped to 6d. again only in 1398 . |
| 17 | Charges are £95 for a call-out and the first 100 sheep ; after that it 's 40p for each extra animal . |
| 18 | That was the cost of borrowing £5,000 over 180 months for the first year ; after that it was £100.77 a month . |
| 19 | Time — 1782 We are townspeople , knowing that smugglers use caves in the nearby cliffs . |
| 20 | We find it surprising , the number of members in the particular craft immediately they were 65 they were 2½d per hour worse workmen than they were before . |
| 21 | In 1991 the top salary range for a Senior Chief Officer of a Shire District with a population of over 460,000 was £38,769 to £55,230 ; for a County with a population of over 1,700,001 , £45,723 to £64,536 , and for a London Borough or Metropolitan District with a population over 1,080,001 it was £43,647 to £66,417 . |
| 22 | Setting a blistering pace of 91pts on day one , on day two it was 92pts easing off slightly on Sunday it was for them a modest 89pts to give them a grand total of 272pts , 16pts clear of the teams in second and third places on 256pts they were Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , C Burke , V Burke , C McKeone . |
| 23 | In 1989-90 the total amount of grant was £33.8 million , in 1990-91 it was £31.2 million and for 1991-92 it is £29.7 million . |
| 24 | Of course , I can not be certain it is carp and not some other species eating the bait , but I know it will be fun finding out when the 16th arrives . |
| 25 | In 1948 the exemption was set at $600 a person ; in 1990 it was $2,050 . |
| 26 | In October 1990 it was $131 . |
| 27 | The deficit is now particularly high with Germany : in 1990 it was £6.7 billion , that is three times higher than with any other country . |