Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pressures on household and corporate borrowers have been eased significantly since last October by a series of interest rate reductions , which have reduced base rates by a cumulative four and a half percentage points to date . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw that sort you 've been knocking about with last night . |
| 3 | Another casualty of this bombing raid was the Royal West of England School for the Deaf at Exeter , which at that time had seemed a safe haven , not only for the children of the area the school served , but also for the 52 children and staff of the Anerley School for the Deaf , London , who had been evacuated there on 14th September 1939 . |
| 4 | However , it is interesting to note that some of the most serious programmes in this field have been carried out in Third World countries . |
| 5 | Peterborough have been looking increasingly like first division fodder but today it was Birmingham who were left scrabbling around for crumbs and there were n't too many of them . |
| 6 | My best years are ahead of me and I am looking forward to next season . |
| 7 | Detective short stories are still produced , but they have been thrust firmly into second place , both in the minds of writers and readers , by the crime short story . |
| 8 | It is definitely an occasion that will run and run and the teams are looking forward to next year already . |
| 9 | Now they are looking forward to next year 's event and hoping to make it a hat-trick . |
| 10 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 11 | This is a topic which the E E F has been promoting hard since last October . |
| 12 | After a long approach slog , reaching the crest of a ridge usually means you 're getting somewhere at last . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you know , ’ the Doctor said , ‘ I rather think we 're getting somewhere at last . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , well we 're starting off round first , we have a drink in |
| 15 | Several racecourses would like to stage more Sunday meetings but so far no fixtures ( apart from a point-to-point ) have been drawn up for next year . |
| 16 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 17 | Talks have been going on since last night and the former Celtic and Manchester United star is set to travel north to sort out the details of his contract . |
| 18 | It 's still , it 's been , in the first two months it 's been going down on last year in volume terms . |
| 19 | The Mayor of Bedford for the time being was always to be an additional director and at the time of the meeting the Mayor was John Wing , who had been sworn in on 29th September 1793 , and served for one year , after which he remained as one of the aldermen . |
| 20 | Make a date with the BBC Good Food calendar , which we are giving away in next month 's issue . |
| 21 | Carpet sales are running ahead of last year . |
| 22 | Literally billions have been smuggled out of Third World countries to Western banks , often in suitcases . |
| 23 | ‘ Whoever it is has presumably been coming regularly since last November so he or she must have been seen by other people . |
| 24 | In addition , there are also certain to be one or two early mistakes which will need rectifying , and plans to be mulled over for next spring 's display . |
| 25 | But she added that the problems would be sorted out by next week . |
| 26 | In terms of the revenue output it 's a hundred and forty three thousand below the estimates and it was agreed that any variations would be carried over into next year . |
| 27 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 28 | A budget should be built up from first principles , to identify the component tasks , the resources which are needed to carry out these tasks and to enable the required resources to be costed . |
| 29 | Those remarks , like his attack on Stewart and Gooch , were not due to be made public until next week . |
| 30 | Things seemed to be looking up at last , ’ she says . |