Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [that] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm told that nine inches of rain fell during the twenty-four hours prior to the flood , and that five of those inches were in one single hour , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Worst affected is Somalia , where it 's estimated that three children are dying every minute . |
| 3 | From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use . |
| 4 | Now the first day is more for dealers than debutantes : it is said that 10 pictures are sold every minute . |
| 5 | By the end of this century , it is hoped that 11,000 students will be benefiting from a Bristol education , an increase of 50% on current student numbers . |
| 6 | It is believed that 96 followers of Koresh , including 17 children , remain inside the compound . |
| 7 | No Monday last , when the designs were first displayed to the public , it is believed that 10,000 persons visited the exhibition ; on Tuesday , when the crowd was somewhat less , 7,000 were present ; and on Wednesday the numbers again reached to 10,000 . |
| 8 | It is estimated that 60,000 sites are worthy of scheduling . |
| 9 | Of an edition of Luther 's Bible printed in Wittenberg in 1534 , it is estimated that 100,000 copies were sold in forty years . |
| 10 | It is estimated that 1,000 units could be sold at £1 each . |
| 11 | It is estimated that 1,000 courses were built in England in 1990 alone . |
| 12 | From these figures , it was calculated that it would take some 100 years for the cut and cut-and-burnt sites to attain biomass levels of the original forest , while for the bulldozed forests , it is estimated that 1000 years would be needed . |
| 13 | At peak times it is expected that two transfers a week between the archive and the Working-Set and vice versa will occur , and that material will be sent for composition twice a week during peak use . |
| 14 | It is expected that three quarters of the titanium tetrachloride can be recovered , reducing raw materials costs by £600,000 a year . |
| 15 | It is thought that 16 months should provide sufficient time for new pension arrangements to be set up , but if difficulties arose the powers in clause 12 would be available to the Secretary of State . |
| 16 | It is suggested that 2 machines required for horticulture , and 1 for library . |
| 17 | It is anticipated that 3000 terminals will eventually be connected . |
| 18 | Using the end point of investigator 's assessment of remission , it was calculated that 226 patients were required to show that fluticasone propionate was at worst 15% inferior to prednisolone . |
| 19 | In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence , commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 20 | By Jan. 19 it was announced that six groups had agreed to the formula , but the proposal received strong opposition from the Pakistan-based Hezb-e Islami , led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . |
| 21 | It was announced that two trees would be planted in Regent 's Park on Wednesday 18th March at 11.30 in memory of and . |
| 22 | On Nov. 23 it was announced that 100,000 cases of corruption had been uncovered during 1989 , three times more than in 1988 . |
| 23 | On Dec. 27 it was announced that 53 students had been arrested for alleged membership of the Democratic Students League ( DSL ) . |
| 24 | GREYHOUND RACING : The sport was reeling from scandal after it was revealed that five dogs in a race had been doped . |
| 25 | Since the book went to press there has been Smith v. Schofield , in which it was said that seventeen pages of algebra used to show the consequences of one construction of a tax Act should have been proved by an expert witness and not merely put before the judge ; this does raise sharply the difference between argument and evidence . |
| 26 | It was said that one months worth of rain had rained within about three hours . |
| 27 | On their way to a match against Great Lever , it was said that four members of the Accrington team became so ‘ liquored up ’ when they stopped to take refreshment at Blackburn that they missed their train . |
| 28 | At our last meeting it was suggested that two groups should meet to discuss the future work of the Council . |
| 29 | On Aug. 10 it was agreed that five minesweepers would leave for the eastern Mediterranean , but their deployment in the Gulf was ruled out . |
| 30 | By 8 March there were 27 dead and 227 wounded in the rioting ; later it was disclosed that 2000 persons had been detained ‘ behind barbed wire ’ . |