Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [num] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship .
2 Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's
3 THE former Soviet Union 's Aeroflot is by far the world 's largest airline-it has up to 1,500 aircraft and provides about a tenth of all air travel .
4 It holds up to four yarns and costs just £3.95 plus 25p for postage and packing from .
5 It holds up to three horses and will be driven to and from London by Mrs Charley from their home just outside Coventry .
6 the radiation dose here goes up to 5 Sv and was mostly due to γ-rays .
7 That way , your 30 days terms will mean 30 days instead of meaning anything from 30 to 60 days ( which averages out at 45 days or 50 per cent more days than 30 days ) .
8 The book starts with a close look at our Royal Family and , not surprisingly , misses out on two separations and one remarriage .
9 A veteran of Vietnam and Korea , it weighs in at fifteen tons and guzzles a hundred and fifty gallons of fuel an hour .
10 HE 'S the tallest player in League football at 6ft 7in , he weighs in at 16 ½st and wears size 13 boots .
11 He weighs in at 13-and-a-half stone and is 6ft 4in tall .
12 Hardly a month goes by without one newspaper or another announcing the development of a computer ‘ with which at last you can converse in ordinary English , not a programming language ’ .
13 The colour lasts up to five washes and a 100ml bottle gives between 12 and 15 applications .
14 Clynol Stylewave Gel ( for your nearest salon 'phone ) lasts up to six weeks and also allows you or your hairdresser to tame difficult-to-style sections of your hair .
15 Erm it 's a simple flow system , raw material comes in at one end and flows through the plant , through the machining areas , through the assembly , and the new product , the finished product comes out the end .
16 The new series 6000i Model 640 supports up to 32 users and is suitable for small businesses , workgroups and development environments .
17 The EISA-based System 10000 supports up to 128 users and is rated by the firm at from 27 MIPS to 70 MIPS .
18 It supports up to 60 people and costs £400 for a starter kit comprising operating software , cabling and two 16-bit boards ; or £200 for the kit including two 8-bit boards .
19 It also has a new non-upgradable entry model , the 9402 A02 , which supports up to seven workstations and is about £6,000 with OS/400 — available only in the UK , Italy and one or two other European markets — not the US or Japan .
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