Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until recently , it appeared that 300 megabytes was probably the limit of the technology but now magnetic media enthusiasts are talking about gigabytes ( thousands of megabytes ) soon becoming commercially available . |
| 2 | The shift in age distribution from a median age at 55 years in the 1977–81 users to 63 years in the 1989–90 users is perhaps the most impostant finding of the present study . |
| 3 | Scudamore , who went on to ride a record 221 last term , said : ‘ To ride 100 winners is always a thrill . |
| 4 | I would suggest , however , that breeding 10 neons is hardly a success , as with soft water he would probably have had 100+ fry . |
| 5 | Six weeks in the summer and two other holidays of three weeks are probably the average . |
| 6 | There is experimental work to show that a week or ten days may not be long enough and a fortnight to three weeks is probably the best theoretical period . |
| 7 | Those were the days when a farm worker earned about thirty shillings a week , and three pounds was quite a good wage , so it is not surprising that a Saturday afternoon at the cinema cost tuppence , and four different sweets could be bought for a penny . |
| 8 | This took place in 1810 , and though a reconciliation was arranged in 1812 things were never the same again . |
| 9 | Accurate surveying of contexts in three dimensions is clearly a major part of the excavation process . |
| 10 | All three exhibitions are clearly the result of a finely tuned collaboration between Michael Tooby , until recently the Mappin 's Keeper , and the 23 artists concerned . |
| 11 | The cruise and Pershing 11 weapons are also a visible symbol of the United States ' commitment to the defence of Europe . |
| 12 | But 50 years is just a fleeting instant , and it would be a major coincidence if another civilization were so closely in step with us . |
| 13 | Now in this respect , of course , twenty-five years is rather a short time in the life of a university , and a good deal of this time has been spent in building up a research base , and now , as you mentioned in your erm remarks a few moments ago , Andrew , we have an enviable research record in a very wide range of disciplines . |
| 14 | The ten commandments are just a myth it carries no more force whatsoever . |
| 15 | He nodded and replied , also in rapid French , and Alyssia wondered whether her quip about the ten tongues was nearer the truth than she had imagined . |
| 16 | Twelve months is usually a more appropriate period . |
| 17 | There is no statutory minimum sentence for rape , but five years is generally the most lenient term . |
| 18 | The disaster at sea which took the lives of 165 oilmen is still the subject of inquiry . |
| 19 | That such a young party should now have 42 MdBs is all the more striking . |
| 20 | The five doors are clearly the five senses , the restless ape is the ego , but who is it that gives the order ‘ Half , ape ! ’ ? |
| 21 | It is 468 feet long and 275 feet wide ; the nave vault of 150 feet is nearly the height of Beauvais and this is a complete building . |
| 22 | Very few , in fact , claimed the " let-out " , and 60 sorties was nearer the average . |
| 23 | In only two cases was there a demolition against the advice of the Advisory Board ; neither case involved a listed building and in neither was there objection from the planning authority . |
| 24 | The social interaction between the two groups was both a major benefit that emerged , and a major justification for the project . |
| 25 | To record such information for over five million objects is clearly an immense undertaking which will continue well into the future , and entails considerable staff costs , powerful computer hardware and highly sophisticated software ( see Chapter 1 0 ) . |
| 26 | The performances of the two algorithms were roughly the same ; of the 281 pronouns examined , Hobbs ' algorithm correctly resolves 21 pronouns that the BFP algorithm does not , and BFP gets 11 that Hobbs does not . |
| 27 | The previous two aspects are clearly the main thrusts of RMI but combining them together successfully and reducing negative fall-out within the organisation is , in effect , the third aspect , that of managing the cultural change that new systems will inevitably produce . |
| 28 | Secondly , a recent comparison between rates of imprisonment in England and Wales , and Australia ( two countries whose criminal justice systems are not too dissimilar ) offers even firmer evidence that differences in the use of imprisonment between the two jurisdictions are largely the outcome of decisions for which the courts themselves are responsible . |
| 29 | He seems to have had no interest in the larger plans for the liberty of the Church from lay influence , of which these two matters were only a small instalment . |
| 30 | He did , and with a most impressive gargling technique rarely heard outside a waste disposal unit , coming up for air to declare the stuff just as peculiar as could be expected , ‘ as no two bottles are ever the same ’ . |