Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nitric oxide levels in Moscow are five times above the national average , and levels of ammonia and methylene oxides one and half times the national average . |
| 2 | Ireland and Germany are two examples among many of this type . |
| 3 | Leaders of the GM Vauxhall Conference , Colchester are 5–4 favourites to emulate Wealdstone 's double feat of 1985 and go into today 's first-leg seeking the first domestic trophy in their 55-year history . |
| 4 | While Ipswich are one game away from the National League title , Chelmsford are one place away from relegation to the Second Division but when it comes to March 28 the league will seem a million miles away and both sides will have their sights set firmly on a semi-final place . |
| 5 | Chelmsford are four points clear in the East League after a penalty by Adrian Heelis proved decisive against Pelicans . |
| 6 | Adge King , Stephen King and Paddy McNamee are three names that readily come to mind . |
| 7 | Rolls are 150 metres long — enough for a lifetime — so it is easier to order by the metre . |
| 8 | Also promised from Abbeville are two books on Californian art movements , Art of Light and Space by Jan Butterfield ( $65 ) and Arts and Crafts Movement in California , the latter to accompany a travelling exhibition originating at the Oakland Museum ( $55 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Although Lebanon and Syria are two countries they are one people of the nation … which was partitioned by colonialism . ’ |
| 10 | Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company . |
| 11 | Arsenal were three points behind Everton . |
| 12 | Nick and Linda were one step closer to being in danger themselves , and something had to be done . |
| 13 | The Pattyndennes were of the newly emerging class of yeomanry , who with the gradual acquisition of land in the fertile valleys of the Weald were one step ahead of the rest of agricultural England during the mid-fifteenth century . |
| 14 | In 1989 , for instance , subsidies for France 's SNCF were 5.5 times what BR received . ) |
| 15 | The coastal resort of Morecambe is twenty minutes away and has all the amenities of a seaside resort including an open-air leisure park and Oceanarium . |
| 16 | Airmen Anonymous ( Merlin Books , 45pp , sbk , £3.95 ) by Trevor Holman is one man 's story of life in the RAF as a member of the groundcrew . |
| 17 | How should indexicals be accommodated , so that the notion of logical consequence , as it applies for example to the inference from ( 14 ) to ( 15 ) , can also be applied to the inference from ( 16 ) to ( 17 ) ? ( 14 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds ( 15 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall ( 16 ) I am six feet tall and weigh 200 pounds ( 17 ) I am six feet tall Clearly , in order for ( 17 ) to be a valid inference from ( 16 ) , the referent of I must somehow be fixed — the inference does n't follow if ( 16 ) and ( 17 ) are said by different speakers . |
| 18 | How should indexicals be accommodated , so that the notion of logical consequence , as it applies for example to the inference from ( 14 ) to ( 15 ) , can also be applied to the inference from ( 16 ) to ( 17 ) ? ( 14 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds ( 15 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall ( 16 ) I am six feet tall and weigh 200 pounds ( 17 ) I am six feet tall Clearly , in order for ( 17 ) to be a valid inference from ( 16 ) , the referent of I must somehow be fixed — the inference does n't follow if ( 16 ) and ( 17 ) are said by different speakers . |
| 19 | Mrs. S. is 30 years of age . |
| 20 | The two are not associated , since Castor is 46 light-years away and Pollux only 36 . |
| 21 | I must not be shocked , she told herself , I must remember that Eleanor is eighty-nine years old and that they are most kind in mental hospitals , these enlightened days . |
| 22 | Independent travel : Bruges is four hours from Victoria by train via Dover and the 90 minute jetfoil to Ostend . |
| 23 | The big Comdex show in Las Vegas is two weeks later . |
| 24 | The big Comdex show in Las Vegas is two weeks later . |
| 25 | The headquarters of the KGB is 2 Dzerzhinsky Square in the heart of Moscow , close to the Kremlin , and incorporates the site of the notorious Lubyanka prison where so many opponents of the Russian regime have been tortured and murdered . |
| 26 | Labour 's Hugh Bayley is 2/7 favourites to win the highly marginal seat . |
| 27 | The inclusion of an empty leather luggage label simply inscribed Josef Bien is one reminder of her personal involvement . |
| 28 | Gary Martin from Tewksbury is three years old and profoundly deaf . |
| 29 | Vancouver is 19 hours behind Melbourne and after the Australian Open final , Edberg effectively gained a day in his life but lost a night 's sleep during the journey . |
| 30 | Father Alphie Brennan is one man battling to keep the community spirit alive , on the Heygate Estate but even he admits people are afraid . |