Example sentences of "is [verb] in 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 | Productivity and product wages determine the course of the profit share and an account of their movements is given in the next two sections . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He is rated in the top ten in the States . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This is shown in the first three columns of figure 8.6 . |
| 13 | This is shown in the first three columns of Figure 1.8 . |
| 14 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 15 | MORE support for wealth creation in the food and farming sector through the provision of new technologies and products is envisaged in the latest five year corporate plan from the Agriculture and Food Research Council . |
| 16 | The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses . |
| 17 | The tapes and conversation details will all become completely anonymous no one will know who 's used the words or whose voice are on the tapes together they will provide a permanent record of how the English language is spoken in the nineteen nineties we 'll go down in posterity , eh ? |
| 18 | how they want to see how the English word is spoken in the nineteen nineties . |
| 19 | The total cost of the part and the percentage of the total cost it represents is entered in the last two columns and the same is done for the function costs in the bottom three rows . |
| 20 | The total cost of the part and the percentage of the total cost it represents is entered in the last two columns and the same is done for the function costs in the bottom three rows . |
| 21 | A paddock is defined in the nineteen ninety concise Oxford as a small field . |
| 22 | Very similar childhood experiences are recalled by the forty women as influential in the formation of housework attitudes ; this similarity is illustrated in the following two quotations , one from a ‘ working-class ’ , and one from a ‘ middle-class ’ interview : |
| 23 | The application of this approach to the spatial representation of common objects is illustrated in the following two examples . |
| 24 | But in Les nopces de village we confront a problem , because none of the pieces in the ballet is scored in the expected four parts . |
| 25 | ‘ Our aim is to stay in the top six until we are in a position to catch up with our games in hand . |
| 26 | The business gift sector is characterised by seasonal demand , and it is estimated that 80 per cent of this business is conducted in the last two months of every year . |
| 27 | The application of the material covered in the first six subjects to professional problems is tested in the last four subjects . |
| 28 | The general law relating to restraint of trade and business secrets is analysed in the first five chapters . |
| 29 | This is where the market research which is analysed in the first three parts of the planning cycle can help . |
| 30 | The Norwegian SNSF project found that 80 per cent of the pollutant content of the winter snowpack is released in the first 30 per cent of the meltwater ( Overrein et al. , 1980 ) . |