Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] [num] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bulk of the Derry side are under seventeen but several have already gained a measure of senior experience with their clubs . |
| 2 | The news aroused speculation that the Iraqi nuclear programme was only two or three years away from completion , despite the setback caused by the Israeli air raid on the Osirak nuclear reactor site in June 1981 [ see pp. 31908-09 ] . |
| 3 | And er the rent was twenty one shillings at that time which was rather a lot for a council house so we had , had an exchange down to Street in the where the rent was about seven and six which was a big difference . |
| 4 | In any month in the 1840 's and '50's there were rarely more than live contracts settled up and the figure was usually two or three and sometimes none at all . |
| 5 | By 1910 it increased to 11.0 , but the UK figure was now 23.0 and the USA figure 42.0 . |
| 6 | I 'd say their average fan was under 25 and older than 13 . |
| 7 | Almost all the members of SAVE 's initial committee were under thirty and the first starry-eyed plans of raising £15,000 in the City to set up a well-equipped office and a secretary for one year came to nothing . |
| 8 | This is ‘ monomode ’ fibre , but it is obviously more difficult to inject light into the end of a fibre whose usable core is only five or six micrometres wide . |
| 9 | Although owner Marquesa de Moratalla will be present to watch The Fellow run in her colours , the only novice chase is over two and a half miles judged too far for the speedy Sybillin . |
| 10 | Yet it recommends that the maximum penalty for such conduct should be two years where the girl is over 13 and under 16 , the same penalty as for sexual intercourse , whereas for consensual buggery the maximum recommended is five years . |
| 11 | It is proposed that whether the girl is under 13 or under 16 , a man who believes that she is over 16 should not be guilty of any crime . |
| 12 | The girl is now 17 and is being treated for psychological problems at a mental hospital in Oxford . |
| 13 | Parents , however , should remember that if they give their child an investment that produces over £5 annual income , it will usually be taxed as their own unless the child is over 18 or married . |
| 14 | Parents , however , should remember that if they give their child an investment that produces over £5 annual income , it will usually be taxed as their own unless the child is over 18 or married . |
| 15 | Parents , however , should remember that if they give their child an investment that produces over £5 annual income , it will usually be taxed as their own unless the child is over 18 or married . |
| 16 | They 're erm they 're just fractions where the bottom is always tens or hundreds or something like that so they 're easier than some of the other fractions . |
| 17 | The preferred age of marriage was about 24 or 25 ( average 24.6 ) . |
| 18 | I mean , the boy was only fifteen or sixteen . |
| 19 | It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge . |
| 20 | The girl was only twelve and she 'll never walk again . |
| 21 | And therefore , therefore , the hydra that lurked under the city of Kefalov and any hydras roosting in the underbelly of Vasilariov and other cities on this planet were all one and the same . |
| 22 | Total distribution is almost 3,500 and the subscription and advertising income cover the marginal cost of the magazine . |
| 23 | The overall differential is about two and a half to one . |
| 24 | The population is around 1,200 and the main occupations are in agriculture and , in more recent years , industry . |
| 25 | The Japanese output of engineering graduates per head of the population is about two and a half that of Britain . |
| 26 | The Afghan crop is now four or five times that of Pakistan , and rising rapidly . |
| 27 | Suzie 's only seventeen and both I and my mother are frantic about her safety . |
| 28 | It further reported that membership was over 100 and when it reached 150 , subscriptions would be increased . |
| 29 | At the end of 1891 , using the same basis , membership was approximately 27,000 and 32,000 . |
| 30 | The Men 's membership was now 180 and the Ladies a mere 33 ( of whom only 16 played ) , and a Joint Membership of another 40 couples . |