Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] the [adj] [num] " in BNC.

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1 No major spend on equipment is foreseen in the next 2 or 3 years until the existing LAN requires replacement when a full review of requirements would be necessary .
2 ‘ If the recent burst of consumer demand is sustained in the next two or three months , it should ultimately be translated into increases in production , employment and income .
3 Such an inquiry is undertaken in the next four chapters .
4 The name " Pentateuch " is given to the first five books of the Bible .
5 Responsibility for drafting the bill and printing is borne by the Member although financial assistance is given to the first ten members and drafting assistance is given to any member whose bill appears to have a chance of becoming law .
6 Productivity and product wages determine the course of the profit share and an account of their movements is given in the next two sections .
7 If , for example , the bulk of the academic element is contained in the first two years of a course , then the second two can be devoted to developing teaching strategies .
8 The introduction to the study is contained in the first two or three paragraphs of the article , which also briefly summarize its results and implications .
9 These results support our previous finding that the proliferative compartment of background crypts is confined to the lower two thirds and does not extend to the upper parts of the crypts .
10 Independent interrogation by the police is confined to the first 48 hours after the offence has been reported .
11 NatWest qualification is confined to the top 12 points-gatherers in Minor County cricket , irrespective of the division in which the counties play .
12 A final decision is expected in the next two weeks , although the Government yesterday refused to confirm or deny reports that it was to scrap the registers .
13 Showing the history of the USAAF/USAF from 1931 to 1953 it shows the early development with B-10 bombers helping out during the flooding of 1935 , film is included of the first B-17s , a type that was delivered in 1937 , the expansion programmes of the late 1930s show the tremendous build up of men and machines .
14 The survey also shows that the audit market is dominated by the top 12 firms .
15 The paper points out that , apart from the 470,000 trainees included in the statistics , a further 500,000 jobs should be discounted if the European Commission 's formula of full-time equivalence is applied to the one million new part-time jobs .
16 However only about one in ten offered is selected for the rigorous 12 week-long initial training course .
17 Thus the ladder is sinking into the ground one step at a time as the client climbs on to it .
18 My ambition is to progress to the top 300 in the world .
19 However , long before Pete Dye 's Ocean course was planned , other big names in the world of golf course design had made their mark with courses at Osprey Point ( Tom Fazio ) , Marsh Point ( Gary Player ) , where 13 of the 18 holes are framed by water , and Turtle Point ( Jack Nicklaus ) , which is rated among the top ten in South Carolina ( Golf Digest , a leading U.S. golf magazine , refers to it as one of America 's top resort courses ) .
20 Powell , who is rated in the top fifteen in the country in his age group , used his size advantage to great effect in both matches , but it was particularly noticeable in the first set of the final , in which he powered his way into a 6–1 opening lead .
21 He is rated in the top ten in the States .
22 Millones ( 1982 ) believes that the value of the soil as a resource was fully acknowledged by the Incas and is reflected in the many thousands of hectares that were contour terraced and irrigated by water stored in artificial lakes ( chochas ) .
23 ‘ The answer is ‘ not much ’ because , in the case of River & Mercantile , only 0.6 p.c. per annum growth is needed over the remaining eight years to pay the income shares 100p .
24 The Government must be pressed to accept the British Rail view that the link is needed within the next six or seven years .
25 At one time ( it is thought in the late 1800's ) , there was a devastating fire caused by the mill stones turning too quickly and creating sparks which easily ignited the dusty dry building and much of it was destroyed .
26 heel wedge , while the grip is supplied by the removable seven spike spike-plate .
27 This is shown in the first three columns of figure 8.6 .
28 This is shown in the first three columns of Figure 1.8 .
29 After all , there has been little in the real world to justify optimism : economic activity has continued to fall — down 2.5% in 1991 and close to 0.8% in 1992 — unemployment is heading for the 3 million mark , business failures in 1992 ran 31% ahead of a year earlier .
30 Meanwhile , the Bank of England published a 45-page document outlining its view of the progress made on underlying inflation and where it is heading over the subsequent 24 months .
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