Example sentences of "[prep] [num] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer before the crash , the dollar seemed ready to topple ( as indeed it did after Black Monday ) ; in the spring of 1991 it is soaring . |
| 2 | In Gerard 's Herball of 1633 it is described : ‘ The Floure of Bristowe or None-such … was called Lychnis , that is a Torch or such-like light , cleere , bright and light-giving . ’ |
| 3 | In 1885 it is recorded that transparent thin sections of rocks were sent to London for microscopic investigation and 3 years later sections of English and Irish rocks were being made in Edinburgh . |
| 4 | In Britain in 1991 it is estimated that there are 8,838,000 persons aged 65 and over ( and more than 10 million of pensionable age ) , representing some 15.8% of the total population . |
| 5 | In 1991 it is estimated that the young elderly represent 56% of all elderly persons , and further proportionate falls are anticipated . |
| 6 | In 1991 it is expected to have grow to £17 million and to double in 1992 . |
| 7 | In 1918 it 's disclosed that : ‘ The managers have arranged to supply those children , who remain , to dinner with a hot meal for a penny halfpenny per day per child . ’ |
| 8 | During the main period of fieldwork in 1992 it is hoped to collect a substantial body of ethnographic data on the Laz , which will lead to improved understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity in modern Turkey . |
| 9 | In 1405/6 it is given as Forsshey , in 1408/9 as Forshay ( the same spelling as Reaney gives for John fl . |
| 10 | There will be meetings in 1986 in Beijing and in Cambridge , whilst in 1987 it is hoped that a national conference attended by the Rank Xerox Unit will introduce the whole of China to the techniques and analysis . |
| 11 | At some maxima Mira can reach the second magnitude , and in 1779 it is said to have risen to 1.7 , much brighter than Polaris , while in 1969,1977 and 1987 I estimated it as 2.3 at its peak , though on other occasions it never exceeds magnitude 4 . |
| 12 | One year in seven it is to lie fallow : a year in which the people , freed from much of their ordinary work , are to be taught and trained in God 's law ( Deuteronomy 31:10ff . ) . |
| 13 | In 1990 it is planned to introduce a new Pullman service from Nottingham , an hourly off-peak service to both Nottingham and Sheffield and , by upgrading certain sections of the route for 110mph , a further general acceleration of all trains — unthinkable at the decade 's start . |
| 14 | Originally it covered all gifts , but since 1986 it is restricted to gifts on death or those made within seven years of death . |
| 15 | From 1990 to 1992 it is running at between 20 and 25 per cent of our total investment ’ . |
| 16 | And you 'll say , well it 's getting closer , as it gets closer and closer to zero it 's getting bigger and bigger and bigger , so when it gets to zero , it 'll be infinite . |
| 17 | Okay , year three to four it 's going to increase by the rate of inflation over that year . |
| 18 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 19 | By 1993 it is hoped that all women over 50 in the area will have been screened . |
| 20 | At the moment , automated workflow is used in less than a quarter of all electronic document management systems ; by 1995 it is projected to have jumped to over three quarters . |
| 21 | By 1793 it is estimated that West Prussia — the area that now contained Danzig and Pomerania — had a total population of around 647,000 . |
| 22 | It is easily visible with the naked eye , and is striking in binoculars ; with × 12 there is some resolution of its outer parts , and with × 20 it is seen to be starry . |
| 23 | With × 7 the colour contrast between the two Thetas is noticeable , and with × 12 or × 20 it is striking . |