Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A COMPANY has been formed to run two sawmills which have been bought out by management from the previous owners . |
| 2 | There is a pretty conservatory where meals are served , a large , colourful garden and several interesting outbuildings such as the 17th-century half-timbered stable block which has been converted to provide four bedrooms , and the cellar , bread oven and fishpond dug by the monks from Bordesley Abbey . |
| 3 | Some individuals carry on for longer , and one has been heard to call 270 times without a break . |
| 4 | After complaints from radio bosses Prince has been forced to release TWO versions of his forthcoming album . |
| 5 | The government has been forced to release 100,000 bales of wool from its 4.7m stockpile to cover a shortfall in supplies at auction following a recent surge in consumer demand . |
| 6 | The ANC president , Nelson Mandela , who has been ordered to take two weeks of complete rest in advance of the election campaign , arrived unexpectedly at the conference . |
| 7 | The model of assessment which has been agreed has three levels ( fig 1 ) . |
| 8 | A new system has been installed to monitor 10 miles of underground drains at Wilton . |
| 9 | This year , the competition has been enlarged to cover 128 schools from throughout the United Kingdom , including Scotland and Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | The apparatus in which the animals were irradiated was designed to accommodate six animals arranged radially about the central axis of the x ray beam with their heads toward the centre . |
| 11 | Inspectors had been appointed to investigate two companies under the control of Robert Maxwell . |
| 12 | It had been built to accommodate sixteen patients and in February of that year was occupied by twenty-one paupers , for whose maintenance the Board of Guardians had been responsible . |
| 13 | Hilary had been invited to present two papers ; the main one ‘ Recreative Movement and Dance in the United Kingdom for the Dance Section and another entitled ‘ The Voice of British Sport — the Central Council of Physical Recreation ’ for the Administration Section . |
| 14 | A crude attempt had been made to erase three initials , but they were still plainly visible . |
| 15 | It had been hoped to make six trips a day with each helicopter carrying six stretchers and four other wounded civilians . |
| 16 | ‘ Scalding ? ’ she questioned , and learned also that temperatures had been known to exceed seventy degrees Celsius . |
| 17 | Sergeant Charles Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers was detailed to accompany them , perhaps because no man had been known to survive three charges on the enemy 's lines . |
| 18 | Unconfirmed reports said that the government had been forced to use 25-30 tonnes of gold from state reserves to finance the purchase of essential supplies since the confiscation of its assets . |
| 19 | The broker , Tunc Kunter , brought to London Mr Yenici and Mrs Hatice Anutkan , who had been left to raise two children alone and wanted money to meet debts . |
| 20 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 21 | At 1800 hours on 28 June the brigade had been ordered to take three positions which formed a bridgehead from which the enemy could further develop his attack . |
| 22 | Elisabeth had been ordered to stand three feet away and witness the murder . |
| 23 | Mr Davison , who had four children and lived at Dulverton Avenue in Swindon , had been reported missing two weeks earlier by his girlfriend . |
| 24 | The patient had been told to take two packets daily . |
| 25 | The deal agreed was structured to put two parties between Virgin and Boeing : one was Barclays Bank , who actually bought the plane in cash , and took advantage of the tax allowances available ; they then leased the aircraft ( on a UK Tax Lease ) to Chemco Equipment Finance ( a subsidiary of the American Chemical Bank ) , who in turn subleased it ( on an Operating Lease ) to Virgin Atlantic . |
| 26 | The data have been analysed to clarify three aspects of Chinese politics : the relationship between changes in policies and changes in personnel ; the career patterns of provincial laeders ; and the political ranking of provinces within China . |
| 27 | Parents of pupils at the school have been asked to give 210 pounds each to bale it out of trouble … but not all can afford to pay . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 29 | Attempts have been made to blind two horses by cutting them with Stanley knives as they were grazing . |
| 30 | Because the arbitrary pension ages of 60 and 65 have been adopted as customary retirement ages , women have been forced to retire five years earlier than men . |