Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally my stock is 3 in. wide but the maximum depends on the capacity of the saw and the angles . |
| 2 | The 95 ton Concorde 's usual air cruising speed is 1,340 mph ! |
| 3 | My typing speed is 55 wpm , and I am capable of operating a switchboard . |
| 4 | A single charge will take the Majesta 140 kilometres at 40 km per hour ; top speed is 110 km per hour . |
| 5 | Top speed is 94 mph with standstill to 60 mph available in 13.4 seconds — figures which are more than respectable at this end of the market , though owners may find that the 20 mpg thirst takes a lot of getting used to compared with the 30-plus of Japanese rivals . |
| 6 | For example if your speed is 90 kt and the chart says 2 minutes outbound you will plan to fly 5 nm , ie 2 minutes at 150 kt . |
| 7 | Assume your speed is 90 kt , and the W/VO 60 °/25; kt . |
| 8 | With overdrive , a comfortable cruising speed is 55–60 mph . |
| 9 | Now the toll is 6 pence . |
| 10 | In October the calculated ozone loss is 0.9 p.p.b.v. , compared with a measured loss of 1p.p.b.v. , so despite the simplicity of the model this agreement lends considerable credibility to the basic photochemical scheme . |
| 11 | The result is substantial sales , but at low prices — operating worthwhile , but quite modest , revenue . |
| 12 | Assume a German exporter is due $10m in three months ' time . |
| 13 | The book goes on to quote Stephen Jay Gould , the noted Harvard palaeontologist , as saying : We avoid the excellent question , What good is 5 percent of an eye ? by arguing that the possessor of such an incipient structure did not use it for sight . |
| 14 | In summer the ozone concentration is 15p.p.b.v. whereas the peroxide concentration is 1 p.p.b.v .. |
| 15 | After joining the lining widths , trim the sides so that the total width is 10 cm ( 4 in ) less than the total width of valance . |
| 16 | The repeat of this metaphor emphasises the fact that the priest is leading people to believe that the church 's only duty is to get people to ‘ join its ranks ’ . |
| 17 | David Savery is regional sales manager of the sales centre . |
| 18 | Ludwigia perennis is another species from Sri Lanka and India which does extremely well under submerged conditions . |
| 19 | This means that the enquirer is generating data and making interpretations of material which is usually repressed and made unconscious because it is emotionally painful to articulate it . |
| 20 | Empty weight is 230 kg , useful 300 kg . |
| 21 | His current weight is 54 kg . |
| 22 | At the present time , the children looked after at Boat is seventy percent of the total of the Children 's Services budget , and therefore , there is er , a considerable er , sum of money being divested erm , in , in this area of work . |
| 23 | This piece is 9 cm long . |
| 24 | We can indeed simply say that the statement that a particular rule is valid means that it satisfies all the criteria provided by the rule of recognition … |
| 25 | Its total farm labour force is 20,286 people ; it supports 505,024 total cattle and calves plus 6.67 million sheep and lambs . |
| 26 | Getting on with living is most people 's answer to the question . |
| 27 | The figure is nearer 15% . |
| 28 | Today that figure is nearer 42% , the rest obtained competitively from research grants or from student fees |
| 29 | Now the figure is 350 ppm . |
| 30 | The 1991 figure is some 9% higher than the average for years 1981–85 . |