Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [num] [noun] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably , since there are only twelve tissue salt preparations , an attempt was made with varying degrees of success to enlarge their scope by mixing them in an effort to cover other symptomatologies . |
| 2 | JACK SCHOFIELD 's article ( November 23 ) guesses that there are only 20 X Window products available . |
| 3 | There are approximately 5,000 earth science journals published world-wide , with occasional earth science papers appearing in a further 1,000 non-specialist journals ( author 's estimates ) . |
| 4 | Milk and honey are just two kitchen cupboard stand-bys that have been used since ancient times in beauty routines , so give these recipes a go . |
| 5 | There are usually three rugose arm spines from the first tentacle pore situated ventrally on the arm ; their position corresponding with the bands of hooks . |
| 6 | There are around 80 industry lead bodies with an interest in engineering activities . |
| 7 | There are around 35,000 Eurocard cash machines in Europe ; Eurocheques can be cashed at more than 215,000 banks and are accepted by more than 5m retailers , restaurants and hotels in 40 countries . |
| 8 | Is she aware that the Feltham visitors ' report , which I am sure she has had a chance to read , said that there were only 24 workshop training places for 256 young people ? |
| 9 | There were approximately 12,000 travel agent outlets in 1986 , 6,000 of which belong to the trade association ABTA ( of these , the total of separate travel agent firms was 2,500 ) . |
| 10 | There were also ten 21-inch torpedo tubes , and it possessed the ability to lay up to 240 mines . |
| 11 | By the mid-1970s the CNAA and its institutions were making a major contribution to legal education : a survey in 1976/77 showed that there were then thirty-two university law schools and twenty-two polytechnics and other colleges offering undergraduate law degree courses , the most recent being at the Polytechnics of North East London and Preston in 1975 , and the Polytechnic of Wales in 1977 . |
| 12 | There 's only one thing potato farmers want on Britain 's menu this autumn … spuds , spuds , and more spuds . |
| 13 | Yeah I 'm just no cos this , fortunately there 's not four role play cycles to work through so yeah there may be somebody left again . |
| 14 | There are currently two page description languages that are getting all the attention ; PostScript , the language adopted by Apple and many other hardware and software companies , and DDL , recently taken up by Hewlett Packard . |