Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [coord] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are powerful enough to burn for 2 hours and can be seen for 20 miles . |
| 2 | It will take around 12 months and could be a prelude to Press winning contracts worth £8m on the same job . |
| 3 | Radio-carbon or C14 dating was first applied in 1949 and together with other evidence now provides the chronology for the last 50,000 years and may be extended to 75,000 years . |
| 4 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 5 | The British Museum has ( or is believed to have ) some 5 or 6 million objects , so that a conventional stock-take of the entire collection could occupy all the qualified staff for five or six years and could be exhaustive only if all other duties were suspended for the duration . |
| 6 | The work could take 10 years and will be the trust 's biggest single building conservation project . |
| 7 | Carbon will be completely coated by what it has removed after six weeks and must be discarded . |
| 8 | Initially , registration is for 7 years and may be renewed , ad infinitum , for further 14 year periods . |
| 9 | Each class will normally consist of approximately 10 students and will be associated with a specific test in the tuition course . |
| 10 | GERMANY 'S railway system will need £140 billion of investment over the next eight years and should be privatised to avoid a budgetary ‘ disaster ’ for taxpayers , the head of the rail network Heinz Durr told the government . |
| 11 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 12 | Applications for fellowship must be supported by two fellows who have known the applicant for at least three years and will be considered individually by the board of fellows . |
| 13 | Completely pre-paid Express envelopes for up to 150g , depending on the size of the Swiftpack , they come in three sizes and can be sent anywhere in the world from only £2.35 . |
| 14 | Completely pre-paid for up to 150g , depending on the size of the Swiftpack , they come in three sizes and can be sent anywhere in the world from only £2.35 . |
| 15 | It holds up to three horses and will be driven to and from London by Mrs Charley from their home just outside Coventry . |
| 16 | Require content to be modified , revised or re-written : in which case the centre will be advised within 4 weeks and will be required to resubmit within the next four weeks . |
| 17 | The new educational framework , which has been through an extensive consultation process with practice committees and the Regions , will replace the current Member Part 1 and 11 examinations and will be phased in from September next year . |
| 18 | I think we should be going with the C E C proposals and we should maintain our influence and our role in the Party as a collective organization , a mass organization , of over eight hundred thousand members and will be steadily rising in the foreseeable future . |
| 19 | Flooring : Bluestone 809 natural linoleum floorcovering comes in 2 m widths but can be seam welded for large areas . |
| 20 | LA bonds normally have a maturity of 1 year and 6 days but can be issued for up to 5 years tenor . |
| 21 | Clarify estimates its immediate universe at 331,000 seats and will be selling direct . |
| 22 | The 3,660 MIPS-rated IDS 9020 data centre can accommodate up to 10,000 transputers and will be released spring 1993 — no prices given . |
| 23 | Around 30 writers will be in Derry during the five days and will be involved in a series of readings , workshops and discussions . |
| 24 | Remember that a subpoena in the High Court , once issued , is valid only for twelve weeks and must be served not less than four days before the day on which the witness is required to attend before the court unless the court fixes a shorter period . |
| 25 | Wildling and colleagues report no resistance in Gabon , although in 2 cases parasites were still detectable at 28 days and could be classified as RI resistance . |
| 26 | There may , however , be up to 5,000 people now in hospital who fall in between these two groups and may be capable of leading more independent lives … . |
| 27 | First are simple systems which involve not more than three or four variables and can be handled by relatively simple techniques , including regression models and partial differential equations although finite difference methods may increase in the future . |
| 28 | He was supported by the Duke of Norfolk , a Conservative and leading Roman Catholic , who said the white paper had offered a clear choice , while the bill would allow a choice between experiments up to 33 hours or up to 14 days and should be amended . |
| 29 | I will be on location for the next two weeks but will be in touch with you shortly afterwards to arrange a meeting — preferably in London — during July . |
| 30 | I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance . |