Example sentences of "it is [verb] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is formed by seventeen Commissioners the larger countries providing two and the smaller ones , one each who run twenty-three main departments called General Directorates ( DG ) . |
| 2 | There is a statutory discontinuance of a trade when it is transferred from one company to another ( see s337(1) TA 1988 ) . |
| 3 | It is calculated for two cases : shear deformation and uniaxial stretching and compression . |
| 4 | It is mowed by one man walking up and down for 54 green miles . |
| 5 | It is based on three words per second as the spoken word . |
| 6 | Led by historian and broadcaster Dr Ian Grimble and accompanied by a member of Historic Scotland staff , it is based for six nights in picturesque Svaneke at the 17th-century Siemsens Gaard Hotel overlooking the harbour . |
| 7 | It is lit for 13 hours a day , and cleaned every two weeks . |
| 8 | It is getting toward 70 years since I attended the lectures of that egregious humbug ‘ Tubby ’ Radcliffe at the Tech ( now UMIST ) . |
| 9 | Inside , the nave has no aisles ; it is covered by three stone domes and the crossing dome is raised on a drum which has 16 windows . |
| 10 | It is bound in three volumes in the form of ‘ four-pages-to-view ’ , and may be read with the aid of a low-powered magnifying glass . |
| 11 | From September 1990 parents , and in some cases the pupils themselves , have a right to see the record in so far as it is made after 31 August 1989 . |
| 12 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 13 | It is made from two bighorn or deer skins decorated with paint and beadwork , the untrimmed tails ornamenting the middle of the bodice . |
| 14 | But it is bulky as it is printed on one side of the page only . |
| 15 | In many cases a natural spray does not seem nearly as attractive when it is presented in two dimensions as it does when seen growing naturally in the wild , when of course it is viewed in three dimensions . |
| 16 | As a building it is composed of two parts : the portico and the circular cella . |
| 17 | It soon recovers its stable position if it is pushed to one side or the other . |
| 18 | Finally it is blended with 10 year old Balsamic vinegar to give its distinctive dark , sweet , rich flavour . |
| 19 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 20 | It is played between two people in a small arena and the object is to hit the opponent on the head so that his cerebrum thwacks against his skull with sufficient force to cause loss of consciousness . |
| 21 | It is flanked by two towers four storeys high ( one of which has been damaged and has only three storeys left ) . |
| 22 | The internal picture would then look exactly like that for the Hall effect in any normal conducting solid , except that it is limited to two dimensions . |
| 23 | It is locked with two swan shot . |
| 24 | It is staffed by three fulltime teachers , and its aims are similar to the Arbour Project in that it provides continuing education , it takes girls through their pregnancies physically , educationally , emotionally and socially to produce healthy babies and mothers , and it tries to help girls achieve a level of maturity for taking on responsible parenthood . |
| 25 | It is rated at 86,000 Xstones and is claimed to be $500 cheaper than comparable stations from Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 26 | The JCC GlobalXM mono system uses a 25MHz R3000 with JCC-designed ASIC as an X-Server accelerator — it is rated at 120,000 Xstones. 17″ , 19″ and 21″ 1280 x 1024 monitors are supported . |
| 27 | This Government is bankrupt of ideas and it is motivated by one thing , the need to survive . |
| 28 | If it is written by one person there can be no objection to an occasional " I " , and if by several persons to the use of an occasional " we " . |
| 29 | For a start it is written by one person . |
| 30 | In many cases a natural spray does not seem nearly as attractive when it is presented in two dimensions as it does when seen growing naturally in the wild , when of course it is viewed in three dimensions . |