Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waites envisages a new , government-funded , independent organisation which would be responsible for raising standards of food hygiene by publicity and by the training of food-handlers. 60,000 cases of food poisoning were reported last year , representing a threefold rise since 1980 . |
| 2 | The movie is released next week by Warner and we have six £60 copies of it to give away . |
| 3 | The original Community Care Support Force was formed last year to help both health and local authorities prepare for implementation . |
| 4 | Speed was required last night , and It 's Me won the £3,000 first prize by 0.98sec from Marie Edgar on Everest Sure Thing . |
| 5 | The closure was ordered last night after an engineer discovered one of two vertical pins holding up one of the bridge supports had developed a six inch crack . |
| 6 | The allegation was made last week by a company wanting to build drive-through fish and chip diners in the North-East . |
| 7 | A SEARCH was continuing last night for a policeman missing since Friday , as fears mounted for his safety . |
| 8 | Uncertainty was sparked last week when concerns emerged about Steel Burrill Jones ' possible loss of an American account . |
| 9 | A letter from the Prime Minister outlining his record and his vision for the future was sent last week to the Labour leader of Darlington Council , Coun John Williams . |
| 10 | When the bid was launched last week , Mr Franklin faced some criticism from City commentators on both those counts . |
| 11 | The car was purchased last year at a cost of £5,000 but a similar one year old car could be bought for £4,500 . |
| 12 | ‘ As a footballer , my ambition was to play next week , and now as a manager , where the average expectancy is two-and-a-half years , it is to manage a winning team next week . |
| 13 | INDUSTRY was divided last night on whether the economy was about to enter a damaging recession but there was general agreement that jobs and investment would be hit severely . |
| 14 | Mr John Gummer , the Agriculture Minister , said yesterday that swift action was taken last weekend after the Dutch authorities informed him that tonnes of cattle feed contaminated with lead had been shipped to Britain . |
| 15 | The action was started last week by solicitor Michael Freeman and , on Thursday , Lloyd 's submitted Mr Randall 's preliminary findings which showed reinsurance arrangements had been changed in 1988 by syndicate 290 but the facts were concealed from the auditors . |
| 16 | The Scottish Civic Trust 's call for action was welcomed last night by Gavin Stamp of the Alexander Thomson Society , formed two years ago , which has about 500 members . |
| 17 | Actually , the pardon was issued last night . ’ |
| 18 | The horse was sent last month to Hong Kong for exhibition , but was stolen from a warehouse there on November 14 . |
| 19 | SCHOOLCHILDREN in a pit village are experiencing first hand the Victorian values much loved by certain politicians . |
| 20 | Expressions of discontent and low morale among musicians gained unwelcome publicity for the RSNO before changes in management were confirmed last year , when moves for the orchestra to become self-governing began . |
| 21 | WORK is to start next month on the first stage of a £6.5m road scheme to improve access to Teesside Airport and better links between Darlington and Cleveland . |
| 22 | WORK is to start next month on the first stage of a £6.5m scheme to improve access to Teesside Airport and the link between Darlington and Cleveland . |
| 23 | The Clearprint rep. is coming next week . |
| 24 | Guinness around the world , part three : these three girls are largely responsible for promoting Guinness in the south-east Asian country of Vietnam , where Foreign Extra Stout was introduced last year . |
| 25 | A law was passed last year to establish a timetable for building a national dump that could store radioactive waste safely for thousands of years . |
| 26 | His claims that most people are too stunned to react violently — ‘ the nearest we come to any threat is people laughing at us ’ — are contradicted by the experience of his right-hand man , Mr Mark Smith , whose cat was garrotted last week , but he sticks to his guns regardless . |
| 27 | But the council 's recreation committee was told last night that the council would have to pay £1,000 , £600 for prize money and £400 as a management fee , and they said it was too much . |
| 28 | Milk Race organisers had asked Richmondshire District Council if it would support a sprint section through the town , but the recreation committee was told last night it would have to pay £1,000 £600 for prize money and £400 as a management fee . |
| 29 | In September 1909 a £2,000 Temperance Hall was founded next door , and it was opened in February 1910 by Mr EB Mounsey . |
| 30 | The public consultation exercise was undertake last year to gauge public reaction . |