Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 2 | Specifically , the study tested the hypothesis that the duodenal ulcer healing rates after two weeks ' treatment were lower in the presence of : |
| 3 | A review of the training content of junior doctors ' work is long overdue : a recent survey found that only 3% of juniors ' working time was spent on training . |
| 4 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 5 | In one a term of three months ' imprisonment was imposed in respect of much publicised suggestions by a trade union official that a particular decision had been reached only because of pressure exerted by a demonstrating rank and file . |
| 6 | The packaging of all artists ' product is vital . |
| 7 | To measure the scale of the cuts , in 1994-95 , the real value of all Departments ' expenditure is planned to be 82 per cent . |
| 8 | The Archdeacon reminded himself that an Archdeacon of ten years ' standing was senior to a residentiary Canon of three , but his reminder gave him , not for the first time , no comfort . |
| 9 | From AD 312 ‘ indiction cycles ’ of fifteen years ' duration were introduced by the Emperor Constantine for taxation purposes and led to the Byzantine year being reckoned from 1 September , the date on which each year of an indiction cycle began . |
| 10 | It shows that the sound of other males ' singing is not necessary for the development . |
| 11 | The bit of the UN charter that tells nosey parkers to keep out of other countries ' business is less respected than it was , as Saddam Hussein knows to his cost . |
| 12 | Some aspects of the woman-centred interpretation of female psychologists ' place are justified . |
| 13 | The curds of two days ' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed . |
| 14 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 15 | I was just checking here in from the book by and I was looking at the chapter here on Roses Rivetus and er and it was on the mission to Munster here that er Third Combat Mission once a day for three days ' running was to Munster it was this ill-fated mission that made the reputation as the bloody Hundredth and of course this is the one that he only came back from . |
| 16 | In fact , London qualified ambulance workers are being offered £12,100 , while to get anywhere near £25,000 a Metropolitan police constable would have to be putting in a huge amount of overtime — the annual pay of a PC with three years ' experience is £12,756 . |
| 17 | The trouble with All Fools ' Day is that every newspaper story suddenly looks suspect , but we assure subscribers that IBM Corp really is paying Louis Gerstner all that money it ca n't afford , that the sports shop that sells guns in Kingston really did close early and the UK government is considering a Congestion Charge , but we confess that we have no evidence that the next computer industry consortium will be a catch-all called Computer Industry . |
| 18 | A policeman 's wage with ten years ' service was on £4. 10&shilling plus his lodging allowance — you were well on the way to the top of the money league . |
| 19 | Whether a body kept in a store for medical students ' use is property is debatable . |
| 20 | A key factor in these companies ' success is knowing their customers ' preferences . |
| 21 | Pancras in those stations ' heyday was considerably more than the number who use the combined stations today . |
| 22 | No that 's erm , a hundred pounds in thirty years ' time is equivalent to receiving two pounds today , that 's right as you say . |
| 23 | Consumption of partially cooked meat and cheese made from unpasteurised goats ' milk is common in France . |
| 24 | The flower that blossomed from earlier pioneers ' work is fading . |
| 25 | The 1992 accounts ( due 31 December 1993 ) are almost complete but another six to eight weeks ' work is needed before the audit can be signed off . |
| 26 | Six to eight weeks ' notice is advisable . |
| 27 | Er the er the breeders ' evening now what happened on this breeders ' evening is that the they run the raffle then give us our expenses out of it so that eleven pound eighty is the is the part of the raffle proceeds which we need to , to e to er for our expenses , you 'll see on the other side erm that we spent that eleven eighty , six eighty for er refreshments and five pound for the rent . |
| 28 | A Russian scholar , Kondratieff published in 1926 evidence for the view that familiar economic cycles of 3.5 to 11 years ' length were superimposed on deeper ‘ long waves ’ of 47 to 60 years . |
| 29 | Policemen of twenty to twenty-five years ' service were harassed from pillar to post in the hunt for improved returns of charges and summonses . |
| 30 | Billingham 's inputs to General Chemicals ' business are sulphuric and nitric acids , sodium nitrite and ammonia ; sales , £34 million . |