Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [prep] [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also you 'll like it because the house had to be split into two separate halves — the garden takes priority over domestic comfort . |
| 2 | He seemed to be split into three clear elements , all of them aching with good intent and a longing to sound some clarion call not to hold back . |
| 3 | Finally , practitioners identified the need for management practices in their own agencies in relation to the development of assessment and care management systems , to be based on three key principles which are essential to the development of better practice . |
| 4 | One paragraph on rainforest conservation , for example , could be quoted more widely — it says all that needs to be said in 15 eloquent lines . |
| 5 | N45 ) to be fixed with 2 decimal palaces . |
| 6 | Wembley , Old Trafford , Villa Park and Elland Road are likely to be joined by four other grounds for the 31-match competition , spread over 22 days . |
| 7 | This entailed that the three subjects were for ever to be treated as three separate subjects . |
| 8 | He felt a mixture of astonishment at himself and irritation that his rigid daily routine was going to be broken after forty undisturbed years . |
| 9 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 10 | To be taxed in four successive years was without precedent , yet this was not the only burden which fell upon the king 's lay subjects . |
| 11 | There is no , if you like , no mileage to be gained in two important Local Authorities falling out over a particular issue . |
| 12 | When the fins of fossil specimens are carefully dissected , the lobes at the base are found to be supported by one stout bone close to the body , two bones joined to it and finally a group of small bones — the pattern that is found in the limbs of all land vertebrates . |
| 13 | the novel actually seems to be written at two different times . |
| 14 | In April 1875 there appeared an anonymous book , The Unseen Universe , which turned out to be written by two eminent physicists , Peter Guthrie Tait of Edinburgh and Balfour Stewart of Manchester . |
| 15 | Secretary , Mr. F.R. Henderson , resigned after nine years to be replaced by two Joint Hon. |
| 16 | After root canal treatment , my three-tooth bridge has to be replaced by two new crowns , plus a plate with one false tooth at a charge of £200 — the maximum under the NHS for one course of treatment . |
| 17 | Language was changed , the structure of society altered beyond recognition and of course the architecture of the old regime had to be replaced by one appropriate to the new collectivist order . |
| 18 | Their camouflage appears to be destroyed by two bright red spots , indicating to birds that these spiders are noxious . |
| 19 | By letters dated 23 July and 30 July 1985 passing between the plaintiff and the defendant the defendant awarded the plaintiff a haulage contract for the delivery of 40 ZX Computer reader printers at an agreed total charge of £3000 ( exclusive of VAT ) such deliveries to be made at nine specified locations in the United Kingdom during August 1985 after collection from the defendant 's warehouse in Corby , Northamptonshire . |
| 20 | Under the EEC directive further changes will eventually have to be made in two new non-contributory benefits introduced in legislation passed in 1975 . |
| 21 | There are exactly ten subclasses available at each step of division , a restriction which has sometimes hindered any systematic development ( where , for instance , a subject needs to be subdivided into 12 main subclasses or branches ) . |
| 22 | The type of changes that schools experience seems to be determined by two key factors : |
| 23 | In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers . |
| 24 | Many former rebels were expected to remain within two government development zones covering 25,000 sq km in the south region bordering the San Juan River , to be policed by 300 armed former contras . |
| 25 | It was encouraging to be asked by one small enthusiast ‘ When I get a Lady can I join your class ? ’ |
| 26 | The 17-year-old , £35-a-week apprentice engineer , who won the AAA 's under-17 100 metres hurdles in a record time of 12.9 seconds last year , said : ‘ I am bitterly disappointed to be rejected by two local authorities . |
| 27 | The design may be more than 38 squares high of course , but will need to be printed in 38 square sections . |
| 28 | Rural manufacturing tends to be polarized into two main types . |
| 29 | He could get enough purchase to be selected for 68 first-grade VFL matches with Footscray around the war years . |
| 30 | Under the terms of the agreement Trinidad and Tobago 's maritime boundary was to be increased to 350 nautical miles . |