Example sentences of "[num] [pron] be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In 1980 I was 15 years old and still at school , still a year away from O-levels , and drumming in my first band called Smallprint , playing at SWP benefit gigs ! |
| 2 | The two unique noncrystallographic twofold axes ( L 1 and L 2 which were major peaks in the self-rotation function ) are shown . |
| 3 | Between 1876 and 1972 there were 63 Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ( Law Lords ) . |
| 4 | Under the Companies Act 1985 there are two kinds of company limited by shares : public and private companies . |
| 5 | The practice grew from strength to strength until by 1985 there were four partners and three assistant solicitors in the firm of Norrie , Bowler and Wrigley . |
| 6 | By 1985 there were eight colleges and universities in the territories , and four UNRWA vocational training centres . |
| 7 | In 1985 there were two developments . |
| 8 | During 1985 there were 17 cases of sex murder , 188 cases of sexual assault , and 29 cases of minor sexual offences included in our study . |
| 9 | In 1985 there were 24 convictions for murder , but there were only eight in 1990 . |
| 10 | During 1985 there were 50 attacks on shipping as against 62 the previous year . |
| 11 | In 1985 there were large seminars or workshops on the impact of microprocessors on employment , on telecommunications , the process-equipment industries , the food processing industry , the management of technical change in Japan , the prospective developments in medicial technologies , a large number on changing skill requirements , co-operation in pre-competitive R&D , the future of the UK steel industry , and on the potential impact of technical change on the employability of the less able . |
| 12 | In 1985 there were 791 cataloguers , two administrators and 169 photographers ; in order to carry out the current drive the number of employees has been set at 4,463 . |
| 13 | In 1985 there were 66 applications for judicial review and the number was on the decline . |
| 14 | On pages 42 , 43 there are some suggestions of where you might like to explore Edinburgh 's night life , where you can dance the night away , relax and enjoy cabaret , or take part in a medieval banquet out of town . |
| 15 | In the early 1480s there are some indications that English seamen were seeking to extend their activities . |
| 16 | By 1903 there were 385 electrics in operations , 103 conversions , and 42 salt trailers . |
| 17 | At twenty-one he was two years older than Anthony . |
| 18 | With predicted export sales of more than £21 million in 1993 it is 15 years of exceptional growth and an export success of which we can all be proud . |
| 19 | For 347 ( 87% ) this matching was done 3 years after surgery and for the remaining 53 it was 2 years after surgery . |
| 20 | The House of Lords held unanimously that a court of summary jurisdiction has a similar discretion , overruling Reg. v. Guest , Ex parte Anthony [ 1964 ] 1 W.L.R. 1273 and Reg. v. Gore Justices , Ex parte N. ( An Infant ) [ 1966 ] 1 W.L.R. 1522 which were two decisions of the Divisional Court to the contrary effect . |
| 21 | In Perth in 1991 there were 162 teams taking part but Bryan O'Neill , the director of the Irish operation , has already received entries for 144 teams — and there are still 12 months to go . |
| 22 | In 1991 there were two cases , with a total value of £4.275 million . |
| 23 | In July 1991 there were official disputes at 49 prisons in England and Wales . |
| 24 | A report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , published on Aug. 13 , found that in 1991 there were 39,800 members of extreme right-wing organizations ( including 24,000 in the German People 's Union — DVU — for whose showing in April 1992 state elections see p. 38871 ) . |
| 25 | In March 1991 there were 267 vacancies available . |
| 26 | In 1991 there were 4,046 rapes , a rise of 17 per cent on the previous year , 766 kidnaps and 411 abductions . |
| 27 | In 1991 there were 3,099 accidents in Lothian which involved : |
| 28 | In 1991 there were 3.3 workers per pensioner ; by 2030 there could be just 2.2 . |
| 29 | In 1991 there were 553,000 deaths , compared with 547,000 births . |
| 30 | In 1970 and again in 1970–80 there were diplomatic skirmishes between the United States and the USSR over Soviet attempts to emplace support barges at Cienfuegos clearly intended to allow for the operation of Soviet nuclear submarines out of Cuba . |