Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are buying a 12 volt chime , you 'll need to use special bulbs in the bell push . |
| 2 | In fact , you are to take a thousand down to the marshes of Kelfazin and leave them there . |
| 3 | Whether you are providing a 30 hour crash course for pre-intermediate students , or an 80 hour maintenance programme at post-proficiency level , you will find Fast Forward offers the right kind of material , the right amount of material , and the most balanced and effective approach for your learners . |
| 4 | One package simulating 40 very different aircraft is perhaps over ambitious , but the flight models are just too similar — sometimes the only way to remember whether you are flying a 747 Boeing or a Harrier jump jet is to use the external view ! |
| 5 | If , from every gram , you are selling a dozen bags , that 's a lot of trading . |
| 6 | What you are doing is feeling the music so deeply that you are playing a 5/4 bar . |
| 7 | And a good lesson was learnt — always look before you reverse , especially when you are driving a 30 cwt. truck . |
| 8 | Let's assume we are producing a three column newsletter and we have already decided to use 10 point Palatino as our typeface . |
| 9 | We are buying a One Ten County and we were wondering if it is possible to fit central locking using Range Rover parts . |
| 10 | At the moment we are experiencing a 25 per cent fall in the number of young school leavers . |
| 11 | Now Gwynedd County Council have announced their intention to commission a comprehensive feasibility study into re-opening the whole line in conjunction with the 1964 Comp[any who have steadfastly maintained their stance of wanting to start reconstruction from the southern end where they are operating a three-quarter of a mile line along former British Rail land beside Porthmadog station . |
| 12 | For example , one of the things I 've been doing today is submitting titles for Waterstones ’ summer reading promotion ; they are sponsoring a 32 page supplement in Elle , and are doing a run-on . |
| 13 | Firstly , they are given a two month course covering most aspects and procedures of aircraft accident investigation , after which they spend several months assisting experienced investigators in the field until they are sent out , with full responsibility for their particular side of the investigation ( i.e. operations or engineering ) , on one of the many minor accidents to private or club aircraft . |
| 14 | If a team arrives at the finish without a bale or only some semblance of one , they are given a ten minute time penalty . |
| 15 | They are planning a 100 per cent digital phone system that will enable voice images and data to be carried on the line . |