Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [verb] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The existence of such conflicts had been acknowledged and deplored as early as the 1580s by George Gifford 's non-Puritan countryman , who had commented : ‘ I know towns myself which are divided one part against another since they had a preacher , which was not so before … whereas before they loved each other , now there is dissension sown among them . ’
2 Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before .
3 At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers .
4 One pair of blue jeans , faded , American label , in the pockets of which were found two cinema tickets , one wallet , brown leather with a red painted design , containing … ’
5 South East Sumatra : Production is currently at 180,000 bopd ( 6,500 net to LASMO ) , with the major contribution coming from the Widuri field which is producing 100,000 bopd .
6 The Maths Department assists in an S1 and S2 Computer Familiarisation course which is allocated one period per week .
7 The grant is awarded to pay toward the costs of a series of three workshops , the purpose of which is to disseminate 16-19 Initiative findings .
8 The delay meant the team , which was based 20 mile from the resort , did not arrive until 2½ hours later .
9 The delay meant the team , which was based 20 mile from the resort , did not arrive until 2½ hours later .
10 There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished .
11 Whole flies ( 100 to 200 mg ) were crushed in 1 ml of extraction buffer ( Tris 10mM pH 7.8 , NaCl 60 mM , EDTA 10mM ) at 0–5°C to which was added 1 volume of lyse buffer ( Tris 300 mM , pH 9 , EDTA 100 mM , DEPC 0.8% ) , SDS 1% , Proteinase K 100µg/ml and incubated 1 h at 65°C .
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