Example sentences of "[pron] be several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my first few years in the London activist network I was several times courted ( it seems the only appropriate word ) to join currently all-male organizations as a token lesbian but none of them offered , alongside the assumption that this would be a privileged or welcome position , the incentive that Switchboard did : the callers . |
| 2 | I was several times on the phone to John Hayward , who supervised such domestic matters , and I was struck by his almost fierce , perhaps too possessive , loyalty to Eliot . |
| 3 | It can also print on A3 size paper , which is several inches wider than previous technologies allow , so enabling two cheques or slips to be printed side by side . |
| 4 | She held one end of a white tape in one hand and measured out a length with the other which was several times the distance from her elbow to the second finger of her hand . |
| 5 | He wore a greasy purple jacket which was several sizes too large for him . |
| 6 | If she were several sizes larger she could have them . ’ |
| 7 | I arrived there on a planeload of Canadian oil-drillers who were several inches taller than me even without their high-heeled boots . |
| 8 | By the time she entered the building and hurried across to Occupational Health she was several minutes later than she liked to be in the mornings . |
| 9 | Cos it 's sad in my opinion that going back to where we were several months ago because we set out out to attracting higher quality people paying them more money and we 've come back again to basically seeing the people who we saw in the first instance |
| 10 | We were several shots in hand of Mr Lu and the rest of the field , but at this point Lee 's words about bad luck started to haunt me . |
| 11 | There are several forms of cerebral palsy , including athetosis , ataxia and the best known , spasticity . |
| 12 | There are several forms of the species , which vary according to the terrain and conditions of growth . |
| 13 | There are several forms and variations of size , bloom colour and form ; the variety ‘ Double White ’ has the added attraction of a sweet lily-of-the-valley scent . |
| 14 | There are several forms of ladybird , with wide variation in colour and number of spots , but all remarkably similar in the voracious manner in which the dark , blackish larvae , which look like tiny crocodiles , gobble up the defenceless prey . |
| 15 | There are several forms of management at all levels , each with its own characteristics and much has been written about most of them . |
| 16 | It is a beautiful place to walk , as there are several plantations of trees beyond the golf course . |
| 17 | There are several lines of evidence . |
| 18 | There are several glands associated with the urethra , which ( like the seminal vesicles ) produce secretions that , added to the spermatozoa , make up the ejaculate . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , it is not possible to just insert the word ‘ disability ’ into the document , as there are several procedures which must be adhered to , not least of all submission to the governors appointed since financial delegation some months ago . |
| 20 | There are several footpaths around the village , which during the summer months provide a rich variety of flora and fauna . |
| 21 | Mildew is not so very difficult to stop in the early stages , and there are several fungicides that will give it a severe check — all the chemical manufacturers have their own products and trade names which , like everything else , are constantly being improved and changed — but by far the most important point to bear in mind is that it has to be hit early and repeatedly . |
| 22 | ‘ There are several memos and reports on your desk , sir . ’ |
| 23 | Eagles are primarily interested in very young goats and there are several observations of golden eagles and bald eagles snatching young kids from beside their mothers . |
| 24 | There are several journals devoted to polymer science . |
| 25 | Within , there are several lounges , a bar and restaurant . |
| 26 | If you want somewhere peaceful and quiet , away from work and life 's pressures there are several communities that offer retreats . |
| 27 | Nothing else is ever heard of Fróda in Old English , but the Norse form of the word — it means literally ‘ the wise one ’ — is Fróthi , and round this there are several stories . |
| 28 | Before the work proper gets under way , there are several sections designed to guide the user into " operating " the workbook in a productive way . |
| 29 | There are several signs in the twelfth edition that the writer still hankers for the old methods , despite the necessity for tempering some of the more repressive advice , and the book remains far more authoritarian in tone than more recently written baby books . |
| 30 | There are several students slouching against the wall , or sitting on the floor , outside her room . |