Example sentences of "[be] [num] [noun] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Royal Brompton alone there are 113 patients waiting for heart-lung transplants — transplants that do not always work . |
| 2 | Since 1914 only ten British officers had ever been six times decorated for gallantry and one of these , Braham , who in 1951 was awarded the AFC for hazardous developmental work on all-weather fighter aircraft , uniquely achieved a seventh decoration . |
| 3 | There are three ingredients required for successful compliance : first , the patient must be motivated to comply ; second , he must be informed about diet in a way that is individually appropriate ; thirdly , realistic and attainable objectives must be set . |
| 4 | There are three things to look for in a story : the characters , the plot and the style of telling the story . |
| 5 | ‘ It was difficult 'cos we 'd walk into our dressing room and there would be 30 cans waiting for us every single night , ’ confesses Ashley . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's unlucky for Mo right now , but there are five strikers going for two places and I 've got to grab my chance . ’ |
| 7 | I 've only been twelve months waiting for a |
| 8 | There are nine locations to plunder for food , weapons , artefacts and Orichalcum . |
| 9 | There were 209 employees working for UNACO , thirty of those being crack field agents siphoned off from police and intelligence agencies around the world . |
| 10 | There were six candidates shortlisted for the post of Gloucestershire 's Chief Constable … and late this afternoon the winner was announced … |
| 11 | There were 752,422 people waiting for in-patient treatment in March 1979 and 692,946 in March 1991 — a drop of 8 per cent . |
| 12 | There were two reasons offered for this . |
| 13 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 14 | On and off for I , 500 years it has been served by a community of canons ; but an eighth-century archbishop implanted monks in its precinct , and the canons failed to depart — so that from that time on for many centuries there were two communities competing for the use of the church , and from about 835 for the golden altar which is one of the supreme glories of Carolingian art . |
| 15 | There were seven people waiting for him , the Richardsons , the Hoopers , two parishioners from Snead , and Miss Dunstable from Loxford . |
| 16 | ‘ There are four women coming for lunch . |
| 17 | GETTING into the bathroom can be a bit of an ordeal in the Watts household … because there are 14 people battling for the washbasin . |
| 18 | GETTING into the bathroom can be a bit of an ordeal in the Watts household … because there are 14 people battling for the washbasin . |
| 19 | There are two extremes to watch for among current attitudes to doubt . |
| 20 | There are two burnets grown for herbal use : great burnet , Sanguisorba officinalis , and this one , formerly called S. minor , or lessor burnet . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's right , attack Em for leaving her blouse there , but if it 's seven of your shirts and seven each of the boys ’ , that 's twenty-one shirts ironed for you and there 's no word of it being a hand-me-down shop then , is there ? ’ |
| 22 | For schemes where the benefit is X months benefit for each and every claim the payments should be suspended during periods when the claimant is in temporary employment . |
| 23 | Oakland , California-based , Forte Software Inc is one start-up trying for the fast track . |
| 24 | But of course it is one thing to argue for change , and to explain ( as preceding pages have tried to do ) the readiness and degree of involvement of para.professional colleagues and groups ; it is quite another to analyse in helpful detail the types of learning systems and units that might be relevant , and their implications in terms of planning and organized provision . |
| 25 | It is one thing to hope for someone to come when things are civilised , when there are other people around too . |
| 26 | Stewart Stevenson ( also an agent for Lyles Carpets ) is responsible for Norther Ireland reporting directly to the Field Sales Director , and their is one agent employed for Devon and Cornwall . |
| 27 | It was one thing to ask for a reference , quite another to throw herself , bag and baggage , on the lady 's mercy ! |
| 28 | IT WAS N'T a record but that grand Heriot 's FP hooker of yesteryear , Bob Tollervey , who was 16 times reserve for Scotland without ever winning a cap , could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time . |
| 29 | ‘ Preston , I was two hours waiting for you in that porch . |