Example sentences of "[coord] be [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This method involves a little bit of a cheat as the Macintosh keyboard can not access the PostScript fractions unless you either have a special fractions font or are using one of the new Adobe Expert fonts with an extended and re-mapped character set . |
| 2 | Venice , intensely touchy about its international status , was particularly liable to take umbrage if one of its representatives were not offered such a present or were offered one of less value than expected : the failure of the duke of Savoy to make a gift to a departing Venetian ambassador in 1603 , for example , aroused notably bad feeling in the republic . |
| 3 | But the breed 's origins are uncertain and the theories are numerous — that they are almost directly descended from the wild aurochs , for example ( the claim of many a breed ! ) or are at least of Bos primigenius stock like the Podolians of the steppes , or are descended from large , long-horned continental cattle imported several centuries ago ( some say by the Romans ) , or were imported 3,000–4,000 years ago , or came from Ireland where they were an ancient indigenous type , or were developed from Dutch and old English breeds before the eighteenth century , or must have Norse origins because of their coat colour and pattern . |
| 4 | The Trent Bridge slaughter in no way compensated for that World Cup final defeat — or being outclassed 2-1 in the summer 's Cornhill Test series . |
| 5 | No trace has yet been found of the French gallery owner Basmadjian who disappeared or was kidnapped two years ago in the former Soviet Union . |
| 6 | It 's not much use arriving somewhere at ten in the morning clutching the collected works under your arm and wishing you had a wig and been born thirty years earlier in order to play Lear — or for that matter the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 7 | Well , and are taking four |
| 8 | of the bill for the most vulnerable people in our society and are causing millions of pensioners and poor people to face a cold and miserable Christmas ? |
| 9 | Police say two crews of men carried out the work and are seeking two men in their 50s driving a red transit van and three men in their 30s driving a small van . |
| 10 | All the core modules run in term 1 and are assessed 100 per cent by examination . |
| 11 | Thai women believe that walking under an elephant will increase their fertility , and are paying 10 baht a time for the privilege . |
| 12 | They have reached Volkermarkt and are approaching 5 . |
| 13 | On Nov. 18 the Revolutionary Command Council announced that the release of all foreigners , estimated to number some 2,000 , would begin on Dec. 25 and be completed three months later unless " something happens to disrupt the climate of peace " . |
| 14 | When it has been decided that there is a case to answer , the respondent will be notified within 21 days of the nature of the complaint and be given 28 days notice of the hearing . |
| 15 | Three directors can look at the same page of text and be reading three different pieces . ’ |
| 16 | The men were paid a rate depending upon the nature of the ground and were producing 2½ tons a week , giving a yield of 2–3 cwt. of metal in the ton but none more than 3 . |
| 17 | Campbell pointed out that London policemen worked only eight hours each day and were given one day off each week . |
| 18 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 19 | After filling the containers they queued up and were given two large plain loaves . |
| 20 | Next they had to face the assembled school and were given three cheers . |
| 21 | Outside in the snow two men had climbed out of a Renault van with saws and ropes and were tapping one of the trees . |
| 22 | On the Saturday before the final Preston came to Leeds Road for a League match and were beaten 6–0 . |
| 23 | The Barbarians , led by Scotland 's Gavin Hastings , failed to cope with the surface water and were beaten 16–8 by South Korea , who became the first Asian side to reach the semi-finals . |
| 24 | For the replay in December , Coventry travelled by express train during the morning — and were beaten 4–1 . |
| 25 | By the time they arrived in Budapest to play a Hungarian select , the Magpies had lost interest and were beaten 4–1 in what by all accounts was more like a pitched battle than a football match . |
| 26 | The executions began at midnight on Saturday and were completed six and a half hours later . |
| 27 | The tour was a disaster , Newcastle lost by two goals to Ambrosiana , the team that eventually transformed into Inter Milan , and were thrashed 8–1 by the crack Czech team FC Slovak . |
| 28 | At the same time the hunt passed further on and his wife , my daughter , er had two horses which bolted in a field and leapt the farm gate and er , took off and were caught two miles away . |
| 29 | They lived in St John 's Wood and later in Wimbledon , and were to have three daughters and a son . |
| 30 | They married in 1911 and were to have three daughters . |