Example sentences of "[be] [num] [noun] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 750 shares and so far 454 have been sold ( including 170 in the past 12 months ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I have been 30 hours and more with him this year so far , and I have never seen him take a drink . |
| 3 | Variscan upthrust is assumed to have been 2 km and virtually instantaneous at the end of the Carboniferous ; erosion of the same amount is assumed to have been complete before the Triassic . |
| 4 | Under her , there have been 30–35 standing-committees and just over 120 ad hocs in six and a half years . |
| 5 | More than half are 100 years or more old . |
| 6 | If you have a look at the sheet you can see there are six sections and then on the right hand side there are two columns , one is headed up pupil the other is headed up teacher . |
| 7 | ‘ The Society also looks at the loans that are six months or more in arrears but have not been taken into possession , and adds a percentage of such arrears to the specific provision figure . |
| 8 | She also questions the usefulness of looking only at those who are six months or more in arrears . |
| 9 | Discrimination on the grounds of sex or , where there are six partners or more , race is unlawful and any offending provision is unenforceable ( Sex Discrimination Acts of 1976 and 1986 ; Race Relations Act 1976 ) . |
| 10 | Adult shells are 10 cm or more long . |
| 11 | In this process of design , there are three questions that frequently arise : |
| 12 | Twenty per cent of council properties ( mostly flats ) lack gardens and a high proportion are three floors or more from the ground , which is rare in private accommodation . |
| 13 | Adge King , Stephen King and Paddy McNamee are three names that readily come to mind . |
| 14 | But 1.5 million are three months or more behind . |
| 15 | Vocal groups might profitably address themselves to this relatively unexplored territory — there are 170 arias and more — but meanwhile a welcome to this well-chosen selection of songs . |
| 16 | Many of the amino acids are coded by more than one triplet ( as you might have guessed from the fact that there are 64 triplets and only 20 amino acids ) . |
| 17 | Finally , the mortality rate is such that although toads can live for 40 years or more in captivity , only about 1 per cent of the population live to be eight years or more in the wild . |
| 18 | This would then mean that there should be 12 teams or thereabouts each dealing with a particular geographic area of the Region for all aspects of Council Tax . |
| 19 | Fenestrellina species are widespread in Carboniferous rocks , and colonies are generally 5–6 cm across , but may be 10 cm or more . |
| 20 | Even when there is a will , it will be six months or more before the beneficiaries have what is due to them . |
| 21 | Each entry should include ten news stories or features , three of which should be 350 words or more with one giving a pupils ' view of what the next government 's policies should be . |
| 22 | ‘ As soon as I can , but it may be three hours or so . |
| 23 | There might be three candidates or so left , bulling into clients . |
| 24 | It is inevitable that during a series of days spent ferreting there will be one occasion or more when a loose ferret , one fitted with a muzzle , fails to return to the surface for one reason or another . |
| 25 | A Yes there could be one difficulty but once warned of it there should be no problem at all . |
| 26 | Thus , in a situation where five users are interactively editing files from their own terminals , there would be five processes but only one program , the editor being shared among the users . |
| 27 | An important general rule was in an Act passed in 1967 , which allowed arrest without a warrant for murder or for any other crime for which the jail sentence could be five years or more , but this was merely in addition to the motley of other provisions . |
| 28 | To start again from scratch in the USA would mean that it would be five years or more before he had any hope of receiving his doctorate , but in England , with his early research experience behind him , he could complete the degree sooner . |
| 29 | It could be an insurance plan so described to divert attention from the front-end and other charges which will absorb much , maybe all , of the first year 's ‘ savings , ’ and it could be five years or more , on any reasonable projection of performance , before you are likely to see even your original money back . |
| 30 | Their decision horizon is likely to be five years and beyond . |