Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is agreed that an appropriate vehicle for the transport of the plaintiff in the future is a vehicle called a Nissan Serena , the plaintiff claims for a cost of conversion of such a vehicle at six thousand , two hundred pounds , it would need to be renewed of course from time to time and allowances made for that , the defendant says that a firm called can convert the same vehicle for less than the tenth of the price , six hundred pounds , Mr says that such advantages , if any , of the conversion for which the plaintiff claims are so minimal that it can not possibly be right to spend ten times the money on achieving them .
2 Costs could be reduced further by screening more patients per unit time , and we estimate that it should be possible to screen 2500 patients a year once the screening programme is established ( our costs are based on screening 1800 per year ) .
3 It would be possible to mount two sorts of argument against the Protocols style of conspiracy theory from within the conspiracy tradition itself .
4 ‘ It would be possible to lose one booking ; it 's very rare to lose two in one day , and to lose the tape recordings as well would be unheard of , ’ he said .
5 It used to be possible to complete three circuits of the Barkhor before being detained .
6 The immersion heater can be mounted vertically or horizontally ( depending on the design of the cylinder ) ; it may be possible to fit two heaters or a dual-element heater so that you can choose whether to heat the whole cylinder ( for a bath ) or just the top part ( for washing up and hand washing ) .
7 At least one taxing officer takes the view that as a rule of thumb he would be prepared to allow one hour 's perusals for each month of the litigation .
8 As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball .
9 Well Mr er pleading guilty to these offenses and we 've listened to what the solicitor has said on your behalf the main offence of having no excise licence you 'll be fined seventy five pounds and be willing to pay eighty pounds thirty three back duty and ten pounds costs and for the offenses of failing to produce you 'll be fined ten pounds for each of those three offenses .
10 She had wondered if it would be sensible to let two rooms upstairs .
11 Do you think it would be OK to fit 9.00 x 16 tyres to improve road speed , and would they fit onto the standard wheels , which I think are 5 x 16 , or will I need wider wheels for a good fitting .
12 We concluded that it would be wrong to pick one model as universally applicable .
13 When 60 million items are included on a computer , and however carefully information may be segregated — I understand that the system used is known as NASCH , meaning name , age , sex , colour , and height — one is worried that it could be easy to confuse one John Smith with another John Smith .
14 From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time .
15 Such a task is clearly beyond the scope of this report , but it may be instructive to describe two schools in some depth .
16 It would be hard to find three individuals more unalike than we are , which is probably why we 've stuck together all these years !
17 Robson says he is still bitter about reading ‘ you will be lucky to get 10 games a season out of him . ’
18 So during a week you would be likely to shed one pound of surplus fat .
19 It can be useful to have one member of staff clearly designated as the patient 's primary therapist .
20 It is a question of fact in every case whether the number of people affected will constitute ‘ a class of Her Majesty 's subjects ’ , but Lord Denning provides some guidance , saying ‘ A public nuisance is a nuisance which is so widespread in range and so indiscriminate in its effect that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility to put a stop to it , but that it would be the responsibility of the community at large ’ .
21 Finally , there is the type of public nuisance arising out of private nuisance which affects a sufficiently large number of people that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility : see Denning L.J .
22 The aim of this work was to see if it would be feasible to drill 6 kilometres down to reach rock strata containing water at 200 °C , hot enough to raise steam for power generation .
23 It may be helpful to attend six meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous to see how close is the identification with acknowledged sufferers .
24 Because the basis for making comparisons is not always made explicit , it may be helpful to discuss two kinds of descriptive framework which are frequently employed in assessment procedures .
25 In order to appreciate what experiential learning is , it may be helpful to consider three types of knowledge ( Figure 6.1 ) .
26 If you have to stand for a while at work or in a queue , it would be helpful to have one leg behind the other with the feet at about 45 degrees to each other .
27 The principal behind the design of VAX was to be able to upgrade PDP-11 architecture , by preserving the existing instruction formats and instruction set and fitting the virtual address extension around them .
28 For example a unit which can soften 5000 litres of water with a hardness of 200 ppm as CA Co3 would only be able to soften 2500 litres of water with a hardness of 400ppm , since the resin has to do twice as much work .
29 In March , those prepared to buy a second dish will be able to receive five channels of British Satellite Broadcasting .
30 ‘ The ultimate aim is to raise £40,000 and when the shed is built it will be able to hold 4 locos which we hope to eventually extend to accommodate 6 diesels .
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