Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While such mentalistic constructions may sound implausible at first sight , they are justified in three ways . |
| 2 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 3 | It will seek to ensure that all priority patients are treated within three months and that nobody should wait more than twelve months for treatment . |
| 4 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 5 | The targets have been limited to three Cath , around three . |
| 6 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 7 | The parts of the statute are arranged in three groups . |
| 8 | Our first call , Burgoynes Garage , which has been broken into three times . |
| 9 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 10 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 11 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 12 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 13 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 14 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 15 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 16 | Traditionally the criminal work in the busy city magistrates ' courts had been dominated by three firms . |
| 17 | Since the Library 's collections are dispersed throughout three buildings , it is necessary to have a more or less continuous programme of transferring stock from one floor to another , and from one building to another , in order to create space for expansion and to ensure that the printed collections are placed to the maximum advantage as far as distribution , access and preservation are concerned . |
| 18 | These are located in three Halls of Residence on and immediately adjacent to the campus . |
| 19 | These are located in three Halls of Residence on and immediately adjacent to the campus . |
| 20 | The overall gall stone recurrence rates , independent of treatment , are considered in three ways based on different diagnostic techniques : ( i ) according to the trial criteria ( mainly oral cholecystectography — see above ) ; ( ii ) ultrasonagraphy alone ; and ( iii ) either method . |
| 21 | Erm , Chairman I 'm , I 'm very sorry to if I may just mention this , that in the representations and observations that er are summarized in three point three , erm I personally have copies of letters written by parish councils all along the A ten eighty eight route , erm obviously I 'm referring to Icksworth , Icksworth , |
| 22 | America , like Spain itself , had been ruined by three centuries of theological intolerance and political despotism ; if a unitary liberal constitution was the remedy in Spain , it must also be the remedy in America . |
| 23 | The large Ionic Temple of Artemis at Sardis seems to have been built in three phases . |
| 24 | But to get why when er why we want to pay your commission and er it it 's because we are looking for three pieces of paper |
| 25 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 26 | Thirty nine infants ( 18% ) in group A and 44 ( 24% ) in group B had been vomiting for three weeks or more before admission . |
| 27 | So a hundred and fifty percent of my genes for altruism are saved in three siblings , compared to one hundred percent lost in me . |
| 28 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 29 | These shares may then be cancelled unless they are resold within three years from their acquisition . |
| 30 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |