Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The data have been analysed to clarify three aspects of Chinese politics : the relationship between changes in policies and changes in personnel ; the career patterns of provincial laeders ; and the political ranking of provinces within China . |
| 2 | Parents of pupils at the school have been asked to give 210 pounds each to bale it out of trouble … but not all can afford to pay . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 4 | Attempts have been made to blind two horses by cutting them with Stanley knives as they were grazing . |
| 5 | Because the arbitrary pension ages of 60 and 65 have been adopted as customary retirement ages , women have been forced to retire five years earlier than men . |
| 6 | Many species can dive to depths of 200 metres ( 650 feet ) , and several , such as the Pacific variety of bottlenose , and Fraser 's dolphins , have been reported to reach 500 metres ( 1625 feet ) , in dives lasting over 8 minutes . |
| 7 | These indices have been used to produce 113 maps for England and Wales at a scale of 1:63,360 and although the five grades shown on the maps provide a broad pattern of where the best ( grade 1 ) and worst ( grade 5 ) land is , the maps have , however , been roundly criticized . |