Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stiffening should be approximately 3cm ( 1 ¼in ) deeper than one scallop . |
| 2 | Ideally this card should be about 60mm × 13mm if the viewing distance is 1 metre , and scaled for other distances . |
| 3 | The distance from bottle to anchor should be about 1ft deeper than the depth of water . |
| 4 | Beans should be about 6in apart and 2in deep , and benefit from being sown in blocks . |
| 5 | These bolts should be about 7.5cm ( 3in ) long so that you can fit several layers of blotting paper , newspaper and flowers into the press . |
| 6 | Spacing should be about 23cm ( 9in ) , and it needs plenty of sun and well-drained but fertile soil . |
| 7 | Cutting should be about 9in long , cut just below a leaf joint at the bottom , and just above a leaf joint at the top . |
| 8 | It should be about 5mm ( ¼inch ) thick . |
| 9 | It should be about 5cm ( 2inches ) square and 2·5cm ( 1inch ) deep . |
| 10 | These holes should be about 5cm ( 2inches ) square in area and 2·5cm ( linch ) deep . |
| 11 | The head must be substantial enough not to bend easily and should be about 30cm wide . |
| 12 | Trim one edge neatly with a knife so that it is straight — the straight edge should be about 30cm ( 12inches ) long . |
| 13 | If fences are made of plain wire , the lowermost strand should be about 14in ( 35cm ) from the ground . |
| 14 | It may also be challenged on the ground that £6,000 per annum was excessive and the rent should be only £4,000 . |
| 15 | Crucially he arranged these zones every 15° longitude apart : with 360° around the globe , and 24 hours to deal with , simple arithmetic indicated that each zone should be roughly 15° wide . |
| 16 | Those three elements now all come out of the same fund , with discretion in the hands of the FHSA to use the fund for any one of those three purposes , but with a clear steer that the amount for the current year should be roughly £20 million , which my hon. Friend mentioned . |
| 17 | Canon has yet to confirm details on price ( it should be around £2,000 ) and availability , but it has announced that the machine will only be sold through high street retailers and computer superstores . |
| 18 | Water changes should be around 30% per week . |
| 19 | You will find that the brood will grow at a fairly constant rate and should be around 6mm in length in about five weeks . |
| 20 | Since 1980 , the UK staff have shared a massive £250m in profit sharing hand-outs and this year the figure should be around £50m . |
| 21 | In 1981 the BWB chairman , Sir Frank Price said : ‘ The Fraenkel figure for the backlog of maintenance at today 's prices must be about £100 million . |
| 22 | The trench must be about 500mm wide with 100mm added to the depth for any bedding material which the Building Control Officer may insist on . |
| 23 | The loans must be below 75% of the purchase price . |
| 24 | Some formula such as 50 per cent of the current local room rate ( given the place and period this might be about £30 ) might be acceptable . |
| 25 | One possible definition of I 1 is the initial margin payment , which might be about 4% of the price of the future ( Bear , 1972 ; Brooks and Hand , 1988 ; Francis , 1991 ; Gressis , Vlahos and Philippatos , 1984 ; Levy , 1987 ; Niederhoffer and Zeckhauser , 1980 ; Panton and Joy , 1978 ; Robichek , Cohn and Pringle , 1972 ; Schrock , 1971 ; Turner , Houston and Shepherd , 1992 ; Yau , Savanayana and Schneeweis , 1990 ) , while Lukac , Brorsen and Irwin ( 1988a ; 1988b ) and Marshall and Herbst ( 1992 ) defined the investment as the initial margin plus the funds set aside to cover subsequent margin payments . |
| 26 | He 'll fit in nowhere-he 'll be neither fish nor fowl … ‘ |
| 27 | She saw it was herself , there on the canvas ; in fact it was so much herself that she could not believe that she could be both people , one here on the studio floor and one sitting there clasping her knees , her eyes lost in faraway visions , her white feet on wet black rocks against which little waves were breaking in plumes of spray . |
| 28 | The Welsh Office is providing £2.7m of extra cash for the whole of Wales this year to help reduce waiting lists , and although yet to be finalised , Clwyd 's share could be around £400,000 , says health authority treasurer , Nigel Morris . |
| 29 | Argentina 's crop could be around 10m tonnes . |
| 30 | But no details are yet available of the cash to be made available , except that it ‘ may be over £1 million ’ . |