Example sentences of "[adv] be [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some time to come , there will obviously be two systems for the registration of charges operating side by side since the 1989 reforms are not retrospective . |
| 2 | Test kits have a limited shelf life which may only be twelve months in some cases . |
| 3 | ( A screw told me that a prison regulation stated that there should only be two chairs for every three women . ) |
| 4 | And could it only be two days since she had realised fully that she loved him ? |
| 5 | Oh good lord yes , she 's doing well , in fact eh , some time in November this year she 'll only be two years younger than me . |
| 6 | And it will only be forty-eight hours before relief arrives . ’ |
| 7 | But let's say there 's 10 times — no , 20 times — as much as you 've sent me : that would still only be 10 pages , and my Bible ( Old Testament only ) is 833 pages long . |
| 8 | I 'll only be five minutes . |
| 9 | Come on it 'll only take us , we 'll only be five minutes . |
| 10 | King Farouk of Egypt , deposed in 1952 , said a year later , ‘ One day there will only be five kings left , Hearts , Spades , Diamonds , Clubs and England . ’ |
| 11 | If forced down to form a layer near the Earth 's surface it would only be five millimetres thick . |
| 12 | The BBC said there should only be five firefighters in the film and they were . |
| 13 | and it would only be six months |
| 14 | Then the stance would only be ten feet away and perhaps there would be a hook placement ? |
| 15 | I 'll only be ten minutes . |
| 16 | He 'll only be ten minutes . ’ |
| 17 | It would only be ten names maybe . |
| 18 | Yeah well I du n no I 'm dreading the Easter holidays cos I 've got like erm we 're probably gon na have about two hundred pieces of coursework to mark over Easter then there 's , and they 're sort of you know projecty things and things like that erm and then there 's first week next term there 's like all these second year social , which is well over a hundred of them plus about forty final year projects will come in , plus about I 'm hoping it 'll only be twenty things from Loughborough but it might be as many as , as fifty if the other person gives me all their marking er as they have , they 've given some indication that they will |
| 19 | For instance , the HEIGHT of 40 stitches may be 80 millimetres , but the WIDTH will perhaps be 128 millimetres . |
| 20 | Richard would soon be four years old . |
| 21 | There would normally be five peaks where the fingers were forming but if the limb bud , accidentally , was wider than normal , a sixth peak could form , giving the sixth finger . |
| 22 | Students will normally be 18 years of age or above and must have a minimum of : |
| 23 | This year 's crop was just an experimental one — it would normally be 9 feet high now — but was sown too late to reach full height . |
| 24 | Adopt and record a firm-wide policy for storage dates which will usually be six years . |
| 25 | If Labour took all 42 , it would still be 13 seats short of an overall majority . |
| 26 | But Stephen Tapper , head of Darlington Council 's planning department , said there would still be 150 spaces for public use , which is the number that are usually available during the week . |
| 27 | The Government argues there will still be three channels — BBC1 , BBC2 and Channel 4 — carrying on as before , and charged with providing public service broadcasting . |
| 28 | The same mood continued after Monday night 's 3–0 home defeat at the hands of third-placed Pirelli — meaning that even if Alton were to win all five of the games in hand they have over the Eastleigh side , they would still be three points behind them . |
| 29 | There will also be two books and a series of training courses for head teachers and others with managerial responsibilities in schools . |
| 30 | If the recovery is starting now , it will probably be two years before any direct effects are felt by us . |