Example sentences of "[num] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the field centre she 's set up in an old barn , 30 eight year-olds are being introduced to life on the farm . |
| 2 | The C t 's are an increasing positive sequence converging to so in early periods players of all types imitate z = 0 by setting low values for , thus building a reputation . |
| 3 | The curious facts of Ipswich v Fisons were being relied on to support the distinction . |
| 4 | Our malt quality was very good which helped when 1993 contracts were being negotiated . |
| 5 | Even in 1985 Ferguson was being asked unkind questions about his age , and then , as now , he was partial to the odd pack of cigarettes before a game . |
| 6 | Practise formation flying began early June and by the 18th , rehearsals with a full complement of 12 aircraft were being flown over the Norfolk countryside . |
| 7 | From an average of 2,000–3,000 exiles a year during Alexander I 's reign , by the middle of the century as many as 17 , 18 , or even 19,000 exiles were being annually transported to settle in Siberia — not even counting those sentenced to katorga . |
| 8 | A TOWN with one of the worst unemployment figures in East Anglia has been hit by the loss of 21 more jobs , while 30 posts are being axed by a major drugs firm . |
| 9 | He did say that 30 bids were being reviewed , all from foreign firms or Western-backed joint ventures . |
| 10 | 376 directors are being paid between £250,000 and £500,000 a year . |
| 11 | Some 800 applications are being ported to Solaris 2. x currently . |
| 12 | He also made it clear that any thoughts of topping the 221 mark are being put firmly on the back burner , with the fastest 100 , set last year in mid-December , his next target . |
| 13 | When Butler first began his campaign he was ignored by the British Darwinians , but by the 1890s Lamarckism was being taken seriously even in Darwin 's home country . |
| 14 | It 's 22 staff are being redeployed . |
| 15 | AN estate agency which has only two men among its 22 staff is being investigated by the Equal Opportunities Commission . |
| 16 | Despite dire tales of distribution being ripped off outside the paper , figures of 50,000 sales were being quoted , and 40,000 was probably being touched . |
| 17 | Forty people are being made redundant at a Birds Eye Walls ice cream factory . |
| 18 | Up to 30 farms are being sought initially before scientists choose one which can be subjected to a systematic research programme in which partridges will be fitted with electronic tracking devices . |
| 19 | 2 men are being held by police , but no charges have been laid . |
| 20 | Motion three one eight reference is being sought does Midland agree ? |
| 21 | Composite eighteen is being supported by the Executive all those in favour against that 's carried motion three one six reference is being sought does Birmingham agree ? |
| 22 | A 70s disco is being held at the Village Hall on Friday between 8pm and midnight to raise money for the playgroup . |
| 23 | Responding to Senegalese assertions in May 1990 that Mauritania was blocking efforts by the Organization for African Unity ( OAU ) and Egypt to find a solution to the border dispute between the two countries , the Mauritanian government claimed that 300,000 Mauritanians were being held in Senegal against their will . |
| 24 | Last night 100 families were being housed in bed and breakfast accommodation the first time the total has reached three figures . |
| 25 | The six families are being cared for at makeshift dormitories in a school . |
| 26 | AN EXTRA 100 staff are being recruited by Co-operative Retail Services following planned modifications to their Pioneer discount food shop in Prenton . |
| 27 | Thirteen people are being questioned after drugs and stolen property worth tens of thousands of pounds were seized in a series of dawn raids . |
| 28 | Now cheap low sulphur coal is being imported ( after a statement by the Prime Minister that this option would not be acceptable to the people of Britain ) , gas is being burned , and only 8,000 MW is being fitted with FGD. 14 . |
| 29 | The survey , carried out by the Office of Population and Census and MORI , also found 250,000 children are being sold cigarettes illegally every week . |
| 30 | This year , let's say , 100 children are being tested in mathematics . |