Example sentences of "[prep] [num] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lotus marketing manager , Neil Hudspeth , says , ‘ considering there is n't a fully operating Alpha system out there yet , the next generation of 1–2-3 is still a twinkle in the eye . ’ |
| 2 | The other major issue of 1935 was also a non-event for the BUF . |
| 3 | The father of ten is now a figurehead to thousands . |
| 4 | Jacob studied at the Yeshiva de los Pintos at Rotterdam and at the age of twenty-five was already a rabbi in Amsterdam . |
| 5 | For example , a few of the sub-divisions of -07 are Thus a publication dealing with experimental research in foundation engineering would be classified 624.150724 if the librarian felt that such a fine classification was necessary . |
| 6 | Where she was going and what happened that summer of 1983 are still a mystery . |
| 7 | Only three batsmen got past twenty and none got to thirty , and a total of 137 was clearly a waste of everyone 's time . |
| 8 | Not until 1980 was there a proposal to establish a permanent liaison committee between the two organizations . |
| 9 | The NUM 's strike action in 1984 was thus a conflict between the perceived ‘ irresistible force ’ of the union and the ‘ immovable object ’ of the government . |
| 10 | This reorganization in 1962 was largely a result of the pressing need of the railways for financial readjustment . |
| 11 | His first volume of poems published in 1764 is essentially a tribute to the gardening skills of his patron , William Shenstone . |
| 12 | The inclusion of this explicit provision in 1977 is undoubtedly a result of the experience of twentieth-century conflicts that the prohibition of attacks on the civilian population is ineffective unless it explicitly includes reprisals , and it therefore constitutes a highly significant development of international law . |
| 13 | The ascent in 1865 was just a week before Whymper climbed the Matterhorn , Moore was partnered by Horace Walker , who , the same year , was with him on the first ascent of the Brenva Ridge on Mt Blanc , and by guide Jakob Anderegg . |
| 14 | One British worker in four is now a part-timer . |
| 15 | Among the acquisitions completed in 1990 are almost a mile of coast at Penparc Farm in Dyfed and a further three-quarters of a mile at Horden , County Durham . |
| 16 | Also , if a woman at twenty-six is still a virgin it suggests she is not an overemotional type . |