Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , my contract with the club is up next May and then I will have more time on my hands , but I will still need help with the Irish job . |
| 2 | ‘ Our staff turnover is down 50 per cent and that is not entirely due to the effects of the recession , ’ says general manager of the Holiday Inn Bristol , a Scotts ' hotel which recently completed a £10 million refurbishment and emerged as the Bristol Marriott . |
| 3 | In Liverpool drink-related crime is down 22 per cent and in the Thames Valley it has dropped 13 per cent so far this year . |
| 4 | The pound is up more than a cent at one dollar , eighty-eight but down at two marks , ninety-one . |
| 5 | The pound is down one dollar , eighty four and down at two marks , seventy seven eighty four . |
| 6 | The pound is down four cents at $.1*75 ) one dollar seventy-five , and down at DM2.84 two marks eighty-four . |
| 7 | The pound is down two cents at one dollar eighty , and down at two marks eighty-six . |
| 8 | up on 1979 , and business investment is up 27 per cent . |
| 9 | The figure is down seven on last year . |
| 10 | What should I do if an employee is off sick ? |
| 11 | What should I do if an employee is off sick ? |
| 12 | Especially when the sun is up all day , they get real lazy . |
| 13 | But we do not have , today , the same quality of expertise available all the time , especially for the night shift and holidays or when the expert is off sick . |
| 14 | ‘ Have to do it myself , my girl 's off sick . ’ |
| 15 | Cos on the new P V C doors , most of the security is down one side , you 've got what I call multi-locking surface . |
| 16 | In South Dakota the number of cattle has dropped from 5.2 million to four million since the bankruptcy crisis of ‘ 85 , and the human population is down 20 per cent . |
| 17 | ‘ I live in Bala , ’ he said , ‘ and my wife is out all the time . ’ |
| 18 | The first important point , however , is that compared with the same point on the economic cycle 10 years ago , manufacturing volume is up three quarters , productivity is up half and output is up one third . |
| 19 | In less than three years , output is up 25 per cent to record levels , productivity is up 50 per cent , unit costs are down by almost a third , and Sizewell B is ahead of schedule and within budget . |
| 20 | Never once does one hear the Opposition say that , since 1981 , manufacturing output is up 25 per cent. , manufacturing investment is up by 33 per cent. , and manufacturing production is up by more than 50 per cent . |
| 21 | In one county , the crime rate is up thirty percent in a year . |
| 22 | What is the role of the National Secretary when a colleague is off ill , on an overseas trip , a holiday or when there is a vacancy ? |
| 23 | Plans for ten-week short courses were never realised : the longest is the five-week course for the Yorkshire and Derbyshire Areas of the NUM , the average is around one week , and many are only a weekend . |
| 24 | Adrian has been left to recover from his injuries knowing that the woman is back i France with no prospect of returning . |
| 25 | The first important point , however , is that compared with the same point on the economic cycle 10 years ago , manufacturing volume is up three quarters , productivity is up half and output is up one third . |
| 26 | But the half-time dividend is up 15 per cent to 1.95p . |
| 27 | Nationally , the total is up 1,056,000 on April , 1990 , when it first started expanding . |
| 28 | of manufacturing jobs were lost in Barry in my constituency in the last Conservative recession , manufacturing growth is down 3.7 per cent . |
| 29 | ‘ Our strength is up front and we will be looking to exploit that , ’ added McMenemy . |
| 30 | We do n't ! ) to bankable star is out this month on video via Guild . |