Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole complex is only a few hundred years old . |
| 2 | ‘ I can see I do n't need to explain how this parcel of land is only a few hundred yards from the newly designated railway lines . |
| 3 | The building is only a few hundred yards from Blackfriars head office and many Sainsbury 's staff have become quite attached to the distinctive former cold store . |
| 4 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 5 | One possibility therefore was that the Earth is only a few thousand years old , a second theory is that ancient helium-3 trapped inside the Earth is being ejected by volcanic eruptions and the third idea , Palmer 's , was that the Earth is indeed billions of years old and that fusion is taking place even now . |
| 6 | This pillar is Caisteal Liath , the grey castle , highest point on Suilven ; and although Suilven is only a modest 2,399 feet in height , its isolation and stark setting makes it appear much higher , rearing majestically from the surrounding moorlands in solitary splendour . |
| 7 | The bedrooms look out over picturesque Ravello whose main square is only an easy five minutes walk away . |
| 8 | Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds . |
| 9 | The northernmost town is Kaitaia , but there is still a further 80 miles up to the tip of the island at Cape Reinga . |
| 10 | Deputy Curator Rob Shorland Ball stated that while there were no immediate plans for her future operation outside the museum there is still a further three years life left on her ‘ normal ’ boiler certificate . |
| 11 | With only thirteen degrees of wing sweep sea-level maximum speed is still an exhilarating 349 knots IAS ( although is 400 knots and max Mach is a surprisingly high .82 ) . |
| 12 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |
| 13 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |
| 14 | For the self-employed it is either the last 26 weeks or the last year 's set of accounts which are used . |