Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty five minutes three quarters of an hour , nought point seven five and all the different calculations in between fifty minutes is about nought point that 's nought eight , that 's nought nine so it 'd be nought point eight one , two |
| 2 | The risk of developing AIDS by 2 years is around 0–2% and by 4 years only 5–10% . |
| 3 | A section of canal derelict for forty years is to be reopened after the installation of four new lock gates . |
| 4 | A gap of 10 to 12 years is to be expected . |
| 5 | While accepting that 49 complaints is above average , an ITC spokesman says it is not a deluge . |
| 6 | A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect . |
| 7 | This gift was subject to the capital transfer tax , not inheritance tax , provisions , and by dint of the passage of more than 10 years is outside any tax charge . |
| 8 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 9 | I would say that three months is about the maximum , and that long before this period is up the confection , like a fresh fruit sorbet stored in the deep freeze , has lost its exquisite flavour and the edge has gone from the sharp scent . |
| 10 | At Angle in Pembrokeshire the first new slipway and boathouse to be built for 31 years is to be constructed . |
| 11 | A satellite which will monitor the earth 's ozone layer for three years is to be deployed from the US space shuttle Discovery , launched in September . |
| 12 | I look back on my time there with a lot of affection , but I feel that if a rock writer is doing his job properly , three years is about it . ’ |
| 13 | Three years is after all a long time . |
| 14 | The average duration of use of heroin by clients of the three agencies is about one to three years , a habit length which accounts for about half to two-thirds of the users known to each agency . |
| 15 | The only evidence of it in these three items is in the recipe question . |
| 16 | Bolting on natural limestone cliffs in the Yorkshire Dales has recently brought significant numbers of complaints from visitors to the area , with the result that access to at least one of the big three cliffs is in imminent jeopardy for all climbers . |
| 17 | Although a detailed critique of these three approaches is beyond the scope of the chapter , it may be helpful to highlight some of their strengths and weaknesses at this point . |
| 18 | This approximate total of 5500 jobs is to be compared with the 1974 estimates of 17 000 jobs by the early 1990s . |
| 19 | It was Europe on 5 October 1989 , where a vast human drama which could provide scenes for a thousand films is in progress , writes Patricia Clough . |
| 20 | There is no upper limit to the size of an army , but one thousand points is about the smallest size that will allow you to field a battle-worthy force . |
| 21 | There is no upper limit to the size of an army , but one thousand points is about the smallest size that will allow you to field a battleworthy force . |
| 22 | There is no upper limit to the size of an army , but one thousand points is about the smallest size that will allow you to field a battle-worthy force . |
| 23 | Use the following imperial Units : inch , foot , yard , mile ; ounce , pound ; pint , gallon ; and know their approximate metric equivalents , i.e. that 3 feet is about equal to 1 metre , 5 miles is about 8 kilometres , 2 lb is about 1 kilogram , 1 gallon is about 4½ litres . |
| 24 | Preliminary research suggests that this can improve their chances of recovery , and a four-year study with 2,500 patients is under way . |
| 25 | The group of 16 boys and eight girls is from Carmel RC Comprehensive . |
| 26 | A name that appears in Halling for a period of around five centuries is of the family of Usher . |
| 27 | One restaurants is by the shore , another on top of a hill in an old sugar mill . |
| 28 | Forecasting employment land requirements over a period of fifteen years is of course a difficult exercise at any time . |
| 29 | A mile or so out of Taormina , the Terra Rossa complex of 35 apartments in nine buildings is to be found in a quiet , rural setting , wonderfully secluded and in an extremely panoramic position . |
| 30 | Your ten pounds take away nine pounds is minus four hundred pounds , which means you owe me four hundred pounds . |