Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inscribed Bibles were presented to them and among the recipients were several members of Edenderry . |
| 2 | In 1988 , while politicians made a show of picking up litter in London parks to encourage public concern , other European countries were several steps ahead in implementing hard-hitting environmental policies . |
| 3 | Some of these fellas are several screens high , yet they zip around at lightning speed ! |
| 4 | Banks are several businesses rolled into one . |
| 5 | Trying mine on , I found that the trousers were several inches too short , the shirt was missing most of its buttons and the beret was like a sleeping bag . |
| 6 | Among the applicants were several candidates for the priesthood or diaconate of the Russian Orthodox Church . |
| 7 | With me on the battlements are several nuns and Dominican monks . |
| 8 | In some places the needles were several inches deep and easier to rake than autumn leaves on a tended lawn ; elsewhere they were saturated and packed , or buried among tangled creepers and virulent , shining ivy . |
| 9 | When one has been used to the nearest neighbours being several fields away , it would n't do to have someone else 's door or window overlooking every part of the house . |
| 10 | A point many be slightly rammed home as when , in The Foreman Went To France , the brutality of the Germans in shooting refugees and bombing cities to kill innocent civilians is several times reiterated , but there is never any point in these pictures where one feels the dramatic structure is being distorted for purely message-directed ends . |
| 11 | Since in connection with this American libel we did not employ Mr Quintin Hogg , I wrote him a short letter and received a courteous reply : The third occasion when we instituted proceedings was several years later , in 1971 , when Harold Wilson was back in opposition , and related to the activities of the BBC , which produced a thoroughly incompetent piece of television called Yesterday 's Men . |
| 12 | Predictably the skaters ' boots were several sizes smaller than Marine footwear . |
| 13 | Stabilisation of high-end systems is several quarters away at best , and the mainframe and storage declines contributed to a $1 per share decline in first quarter gross profits . |
| 14 | Stabilisation of high-end systems is several quarters away at best , and the mainframe and storage declines contributed to a $1 per share decline in first quarter gross profits . |
| 15 | The small ones show mythological scenes , but from the temples are several groups of lions pulling down bulls : terror-symbols analogous to the Gorgons and leopards at Corfu . |
| 16 | Not only that , on the stage was a long table , and yes you 've guessed it , among the dignitaries were several men . |