Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [coord] [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 2 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |
| 3 | That takes Shearer 's tally to 10 goals in 10 games and he is also the Premier League 's leading scorer . |
| 4 | The mine in the gill had been established about 5 years but it is very likely that it would have been an old working re-opened . |
| 5 | A ten-year-old could be detained in a police cell for up to 36 hours but it is more common for children to be released into the care of social workers overnight . |
| 6 | The population of Snaith has doubled in the past 25 years but it is still small enough to ‘ know everybody ’ ; ask for people by name , rather than by their address ! |
| 7 | The oilbird 's hearing falls off rapidly above about 6000 hertz and it is most sensitive to sounds around 2000 hertz , which is the main frequency of its clicks . |
| 8 | If one eye is shut , the brain only gets one picture and it is more difficult to tell exactly how far away the pencil is . |
| 9 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 10 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 11 | The prospect of a rabid Irish nationalist invasion of Northern Ireland from the Republic in order to swamp the poll is unreal in more than one sense and it is very doubtful if the three months ' residence requirement is necessary . |
| 12 | It 's well worth doing in one go but it is also well suited to shorter walks — I 've outlined a couple of my favourites . |
| 13 | Clever Folly has made great improvement this season , winning three of his five races and he is only 1lb out of the handicap . |
| 14 | Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities . |
| 15 | The weight of the electronic version is 250 g and it is about 185 mm long . |
| 16 | There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll . |
| 17 | The same issues arise in all four appeals and it is therefore convenient to consider them in one judgment . |
| 18 | The award is given every two years and it is generally a requirement that the discovered drug is in therapeutic use . |
| 19 | If you can manage a visit of two to three days ( or even just one day ) it is well worth it — the modern boat takes 1½ hours and it is only a matter of minutes in the small jet aircraft . |
| 20 | Phthirus pubis is unable to survive away from the human host for more than 24 hours and it is readily killed by temperatures over 50°C . |
| 21 | Step six : Feed the fry At constant temperatures of 78°s ; , the eggs hatch within 24 hours and it is then essential that they are fed on rotifers , as the larger infusoria may choke them . |
| 22 | Literature on the use of traditional Chinese medicine has existed in China for over 4000 years but it is only in recent times that western scientists have been alerted to its hidden potential . |