Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | It therefore follows that even if you are two points ahead at the 30 seconds ' bell , the opponent can still pull these back and take the final point to win . |
| 2 | ‘ We are 10 points ahead in the polls two years after starting the policy review . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 're eleven point two miles out of Cartier , between Benny and Stralak , which means in an uninhabited wilderness . |
| 4 | In harsh numerical terms we did n't accept the Policy Committee guidelines , we felt that they in some ways were over generous and we aimed for , we purposely , deliberately set ourselves lower targets with point we 're two point six million below the Liberal Democrats for nineteen ninety four ninety five . |
| 5 | The South West had 10 players from champions Bath and Barnes added : ‘ When we were 14 points adrift I regarded that as an Alpine peak to climb — not a Himalayan . |
| 6 | We had Chernobyl , we had a series of hijackings , we had outrages at Athens Airport , we had the U S raid on Libya by bombers based in Britain erm and everybody then erm turned the corners of their mouths down and forecast the end of tourism , that doom is nigh , and what actually happened was that erm by the end of nineteen eighty six we were four point three per cent down in terms of numbers on a record nineteen eighty five . |
| 7 | They are two points behind Portadown and would need to beat City of Derry by a landslide in their final match . |
| 8 | But the Cup finalists ' plight they are one point above a relegation spot means acting manager Malcolm Crosby is considering plunging Bracewell into his side 's battle against relegation . |
| 9 | They are six points ahead of Old Firm rivals Celtic . |
| 10 | Although these familial influences are unlikely to be the primary focus of the intervention , they are important points of reference , helping both the therapist and client make sense of the presenting problems . |
| 11 | Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost |
| 12 | They 're one point eight G L Estate F reg , four thousand , two hundred , that 's A B C D E , five year 's difference , done four thousand , two hundred , two , eight hundred quid , well actually it 's , our cars worth over a grand if I 'd sprayed it up and put it on the market |
| 13 | They were nine points behind you so you 've now got a twelve point gap . |
| 14 | A few weeks ago they were seven points adrift at the foot of the table . |
| 15 | Although York ended up on 18 points , equal to their main rivals , West Park ( Bramhope ) , they were 31 points better off with their points scoring differential . |
| 16 | Well he said it were one point six but that says one point three and I really do sh well I want a one point six . |
| 17 | Yes , it 's thirteen point five times X plus one . |
| 18 | and it 's , it 's thirteen point five tog , that 's heaviest |
| 19 | But the cubic idea is the same , but it 's six point six cu , kilos per cubic foot . |
| 20 | So we are the only Committee who are saving the , that 's taking our budget globally as , I think , I think it 's four point eight percent , if you want to be pedantic about it , but we are planning and that 's the only ones , if you take that mode of view , and if we took , if we took training out |
| 21 | square root is twenty and it 's four point four seven two one . |
| 22 | if it was seventeen per cent , oh I can do that it 's point one seven , but when it 's seventeen point five , and where does the point go ? |
| 23 | So it 's sixteen point seven million in total . |
| 24 | It 's one metre cubed , it 's one point eight , erm , er , but , do n't know actually , I 'd rather have it in centimetres . |
| 25 | It 's one point three in n it ? |
| 26 | One point two , you sure it 's one point two . |
| 27 | A hundred and forty percent , so it 's one point four times seven point five . |
| 28 | You move that decimal point you see , in two places and it 's one point three . |
| 29 | Think in terms of putting a one in front of that and then moving a decimal point two places and it 's one point four five . |
| 30 | It 's two point nine nine plus three point |