Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It should be between a hundred and twenty and a hundred and forty . |
| 2 | Erm we believe that er where in cases of erm misappropriated or fraud , the compensation fund should be for a hundred per cent of what has gone . |
| 3 | And he showed his cynical disregard for the system by suggesting that promotion and relegation should be on an eleven-up , eleven-down basis . |
| 4 | It proposed that the minimum threshold for representation in the assembly should be " relatively low " to allow for the widest possible representation , and that decisions within the assembly should be by a two-thirds majority . |
| 5 | Oh she might be in an eighty one . |
| 6 | If I want to but I wo n't cos I 'll be on a hundred and fifty a month anyway . |
| 7 | We worked out yesterday that probably the overspend in er client services could be between a hundred and eighty two thousand and half a million , not four hundred depending on which scenario you take . |
| 8 | ‘ They could be worth a million for all the difference it would make , ’ said Reid . |
| 9 | A picture may be worth a thousand words but you 'll still need some text to explain what the pictures are about ! |
| 10 | Although a picture may be worth a thousand words the reader still needs to know what the picture relates to . |
| 11 | The total numbers of students involved would be of a hundred a year and if the courses are to start they will require the approval of the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | Tonight we find out what the effects would be of a seventeen and a half per cent tax on books and newspapers . |
| 13 | A call from you would be worth a hundred scribbled messages on Christmas cards . |
| 14 | So even on this minimal change scenario , eliminating the imbalance in tabloid partisanship would be worth a 1 per cent swing to Labour . |
| 15 | A background paper to the social security review estimated that the number of one parent families would be between a million and 1.5 million by 2005/6 . |
| 16 | Yes , this standard is alright , but the championship would be about a sixteen . |
| 17 | But it will be on a ten point scale and it 'll be ticky box , ten points |
| 18 | The hook length will be 2-3lb line and the hook itself will be between a 14 and an 18 . |
| 19 | The first treatment lasts between one-and-a-half and two hours and costs £25 to £30 ; the follow-up sessions will be around an hour-an-a-half and slightly less expensive . |