Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | This boy of yours is twenty-five years old , old enough to father children and break hearts . |
2 | She is fifteen years his junior , and little more than a housekeeper and unpaid bedslave . |
3 | The face will fill out , the limbs will unwind and the real Gemma will emerge , so that by the time she is six months old even a stranger will be able to tell her from Carla Marie . |
4 | But it is still better not to cook dishes yourself using cow 's milk before she is six months old , and you should also avoid giving your baby dairy products like yogurt , or mixing her cereal with cow 's milk . |
5 | and here she is four seconds later . |
6 | She is nineteen weeks pregnant , as I am . |
7 | She is sixteen years old and gets turned into a field two or three times a week . |
8 | But Professor Antinori said : ‘ She is 63 years old , but where can you draw the line ? |
9 | The ‘ average ’ broodmare then has an ‘ average ’ of one foal every two years until she is 14 years old or so — the average age when she completes her duties . |
10 | She is 37 years old , a teacher . |
11 | ( My red-tailed buzzard , on the other hand , can drag a fully grown rabbit in her claws , but then she is two feet tall and weighs 3 pounds or more , nearly four times Dawn 's weight . ) |
12 | If , however , he has oral sex with her and she is 16 years old or more , he can be liable for the offence of indecent assault only if it can be proved that she did not consent . |
13 | Scott 's estranged wife , Yvonne ( 25 ) , who admitted attacking the RUC constables , avoided prison because she is five months pregnant with McKinney 's child . |
14 | One moment she is here , the next she is thirty years or so ago , and then again , she is a young girl and can not remember who I am . |
15 | I AM pleased Charles Bronson is marrying new love Kim Weeks even if she is 40 years his junior . |
16 | So if a child is kept under supervision in the community for , say , three years , by his original hearing and two review hearings , then the rehabilitation period in respect of him is three years . |
17 | This results primarily from the greater longevity of women compared with men ; life expectancy at birth is 78 years for women and 72 years for men , while at 65 it is 17 years for women and 16 years for men . |
18 | It is twelve times as rich in fats and four times as rich in proteins as the best Jersey cow 's milk . |
19 | IT is twelve years since the last Stratford Coriolanus : an absurd neglect of Shakespeare 's best political play . |
20 | There is a six-year limitation period for collecting fees and expenses , unless the expert is appointed under seal in which case it is twelve years : ss5 and 8 of the Limitation Act 1980 . |
21 | IT IS 500 years since Columbus discovered America — and across the Atlantic they are celebrating in true Hollywood style . |
22 | Now it is eight hours by bus along a narrow asphalt road . |
23 | It is eight minutes walk from the resort centre , and a ten minute stroll from the nearest bathing area . |
24 | It is eight months ago that Central Television and I raised this case . |
25 | It is eight years since they lost a World Cup qualifying match , six years since they lost a qualifying match for either of the international competitions open to European countries . |
26 | ‘ It is eight years since the Tall Ships last raced to the Mersey . |
27 | There is plenty to do and see in the area and if you like long walks , Britain 's longest footpath , the South West Way , is on your doorstep — in total it is 560 miles long . |
28 | Her gold watch and her digital clock agree that it is nineteen minutes past eight . |
29 | It is nineteen months since Richard Ryder was appointed Government Chief Whip and in that time he has risen to become John Major 's right-hand man . |
30 | As for O'Leary , it is 3½ years since he had the car accident which left him with a back injury so severe as to necessitate three operations . |