Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are mostly of two kinds , first the great abbeys abandoned at the Dissolution , including Rievaulx , Furness and Leiston , and second , castles ranging from Dover in the south , Kenilworth in the midlands , to Norham in the north . |
| 2 | ‘ I am virtually unemployable as I am rarely in one place for more than two weeks . |
| 3 | The difficulty seems to arise within the membership in knowing exactly what areas of responsibility each section has , what are the rules of debate for sectional conferences , are decisions taken at sectional conferences binding on the union rulebook relating to that section and within all of this sectionalization , what role does the Apex conference now play , as those members , like myself , are presumably within one of the other sections too . |
| 4 | This continues until the pulse widths are within about one per cent of each other . |
| 5 | She knew intuitively Babylon had been only for one night . |
| 6 | These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product . |
| 7 | These come in many styles but are basically of two types — those where the blades pass each other in a scissor action , and those where a single sharp blade presses down on a block or ‘ anvil ’ . |
| 8 | The sample libraries listed at the end are basically of three kinds . |
| 9 | Here I am all in one piece if tiny pock-marked from a flying bottle , and trying to settle down and see the war out without firing a shot . |
| 10 | The couple are together for 90 minutes on a visit to a Nottingham hospital . |
| 11 | P. , B. and D. are together with one family , T. and A. were initially together although A. has since had to be moved to a small children 's home , and K. is with a third family . |
| 12 | There are so beyond seven thirty , though . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , even this wo n't be enough : the output figures from well-run organic farms are only between 6 and 12 per cent below those from intensive estates . |
| 14 | Loss of wildlife habitats caused by population explosions means there are only between 30 000 and 40 000 elephants left in 13 countries . |
| 15 | Prokaryotes originated over 3 × 10 9 years ago ; eukaryotes are only about one-third as old . |
| 16 | There are only about one hundred different kinds of atoms in the Universe , each kind known as an element ; and we know that this is the case because we know the fundamental laws of chemistry that determine the structure of atoms , and can see that only a certain number of structures are theoretically possible . |
| 17 | In other words , the chances of Venus having even this negligible effect on the Earth are only about 1 in 115 per transit of our planet 's orbit . |
| 18 | Over most altitude ranges the wind speeds decline with decreasing altitude , and at the surface are only about 1 m/s . |
| 19 | Given that there are only about 50–100 technology ‘ providers ’ in the UK , whereas there are some 50,000 or more companies who might benefit , the challenge is enormous . |
| 20 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 21 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 22 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 23 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 24 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 25 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 26 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . |
| 28 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 29 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 30 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |