Example sentences of "be [prep] [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ounce of coral beads was reckoned to be worth ten large jars of oil . |
| 2 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , check the operation of its ballvalve ( see BALLVALVE PROBLEMS again ) . |
| 3 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , first check the operation of its ballvalve . |
| 4 | An appropriate response might be for four strong women to hold him down while a fifth administers a local anaesthetic and removes his balls . |
| 5 | And it wo n't be for the whole of a c of a company 's range , it 'll just be for one specific product at a time . |
| 6 | It was smaller than I thought it would be for two-and-a-half grand 's worth , but then what do I know ? |
| 7 | The choice will be between two Euro-pragmatist , technocratic , cautious , managerialist parties . |
| 8 | In general it was almost exclusively extreme right-wing elements who were first involved , but they tended to be of two distinct types . |
| 9 | The assessment is to be of two basic forms , first the teachers ' own judgements of their pupils , based on their work in class , and secondly , the pupils ' performances on standard assessment tasks ( SATs ) . |
| 10 | Indexing languages may be of three distinct types : |
| 11 | Eruptions can be of three primary types , each associated with a particular form of ejecta — exhalative ( gas ) , effusive ( lava ) and explosive ( tephra ) . |
| 12 | Contracts would be of three main kinds , as follows : |
| 13 | In crude terms , the causes of mental illness seem to be of three main kinds . |
| 14 | One group of fish , called because of the beauty of their coloration , butterfly fish , show how diverse such patterning can be within one small family . |
| 15 | This story will , I hope , be convincing , for it is the way I have tried to tell it to my neuroscientific colleagues , but it will be in one important sense economical with the truth . |
| 16 | My analysis will be in two principal parts , the first entitled " Paul Nizan : Novel Communist " , the second entitled " Paul Nizan : Communist Novelist " . |
| 17 | It is implied that the same particular ( the same " complex of compresence " ) can be in two different places , or recur " at different times . |
| 18 | I used to go in Taylor 's , Taylor 's you can be in three different counties in his yard . |
| 19 | In fact , it used to be in TEN other places . |
| 20 | The West back line will be without four original selections — British Lions Ieuan Evans and Robert Jones , Welsh centre Scott Gibbs and Stephens . |
| 21 | ‘ We had a fair hearing for Martin Allen , but the result is a major blow because there are some vital games coming up and we are going to be without two important players . ’ |
| 22 | Coventry are likely to be without three regular players : Brian Kilcline , the captain and centre-half who is still suffering from a leg injury , midfielder Dean Emerson ( knee ) , and Micky Gynn ( bruised shoulder ) . |
| 23 | Nought , six , six , so it 's gon na be to two decimal places it 's gon na be |
| 24 | No you ca n't do that , they ought to be on two separate days because people not |
| 25 | Lighting seemed to be at one basic level regardless of time of day or night though was subtly achieved in the final scene . |
| 26 | That will be at ten sharp . ’ |