Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] several [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the result of our labours was several long rows of planted saplings which , in ten years ' time , will have grown into a grove of pussy willows doing useful service as a screen for walkers . |
| 2 | Two rocky bodies , masses m 1 and m 2 , densities d 1 and d 2 , are in orbit around a planet of mass M. Both bodies are several hundred kilometres diameter . |
| 3 | Among their rivals were several good chasers — Rondetto , The Rip and John O'Groats — but the big two dominated the betting , Arkle starting 9–4 on with Mill House at 7–2 . |
| 4 | On a small computer ( such as the DEC PDP-8 ) a minimal set of instructions is several conditional skips and an unconditional jump ; thus " jump to A if accumulator contents are zero " would be coded as : skip if accumulator contents are non-zero |
| 5 | Within this category of sausages are several harder and spicier varieties which are excellent when added to cassoulet-type dishes or bean stews . |
| 6 | Beyond these three basic grants are several transitional measures designed to ease the introduction of the community charge and the new council tax . |
| 7 | But top 10 player Chris Walker warns : ‘ If they turn us down , the chances are several more England players could join the boycott . ’ |