Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [vb pp] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maths Department assists in an S1 and S2 Computer Familiarisation course which is allocated one period per week . |
| 2 | Broome Manor also has the Women 's champion in 16 year old Vicky Hanks … she 's broken three course records this summer … |
| 3 | She expertly presents an early evening news programme on Anglia TV , she 's written one novel and is half-way through the next , she breezes through the kind of daily schedule that would have most of us screaming for mercy by midday . |
| 4 | In recent years she 's suffered two heart attacks and been treated for cancer and she says she ca n't stand much more of the strain . |
| 5 | Futch , who 's trained five world champions and who originally rejected Bowe , says : ‘ I was in my late 70s after Bowe 's Olympic defeat and I did n't want to waste a minute of my time on someone who was n't 100 per cent dedicated . ’ |
| 6 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 7 | " What if I 'd told him that the Avignon was carrying a young man named Charles Sherman who 's destined one day maybe to become the President of the United States ? " |
| 8 | The latter victory was also somewhat remarkable as Cordwell , who is ranked one place above Reggi in 19th , was playing her first serious singles match since a back injury forced her out for the game almost six months ago . |
| 9 | What , for example , of the 16-year-old girl attending boarding school who is confronted one night by the headmaster who demands to have sexual intercourse with her ? |
| 10 | ‘ It 's done six Auto shows , and 26 stops on Iacocca 's '90s tour and its never failed once , ’ said its minder . |
| 11 | It is believed 600 Sun folks will be redeployed to SunSoft and Sun Tech and maybe a thousand cut . |
| 12 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 13 | He 's made sixty-three job applications , and had fifteen interviews . |
| 14 | He 's made 2 escape attempts and had a reputation for persistent violence . |
| 15 | But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he 's served two jail sentences . |
| 16 | In hospital both lungs collapsed and since then he 's lost 2 stone in weight . |
| 17 | But he 's forgotten one thing . |