Example sentences of "[subord] [num] [noun pl] [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 120 copies were in the hands of various TV and broadcasting units by 4pm on Tuesday , the time The Sun says it got its copy . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if it turns out that the network fails when more than 7 machines are in use , the term would be regarded as a condition . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman in Geneva said more than 100,000 Muslims were in ‘ absolutely total misery ’ in eastern Bosnia . |
| 4 | report on Fish Farming indicated that more than 50 sites are in the Outer Hebrides with the most important concentration being in the Uig area of Lewis . |
| 5 | Last February , fewer than 50 families were in bed and breakfast accommodation in the town . |
| 6 | Happily the other Albert the one with two rather than four legs was in finer fettle , despite a morning spent wrestling with the complexities of a long speech . |
| 7 | The police were not in attendance , although 762 officers were in reserve in case of trouble . |
| 8 | Another suggested it was produced by special nerve cells in the brain ; a third that it came in units called psychonic impulses , generated when two nerves were in communication . |
| 9 | When two psychologists are in a lift and a man gets into the lift and says hello , one Psychologist turns to another and asks , ‘ What do you think he meant by that ? ’ |