Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost a third of group profits are earned overseas , interest and tax charges are down on last year and gearing stands at 13 per cent . |
| 2 | They will point out , as you yourself have done recently , that despite the Boro 's Fortress Ayresome performances , attendances are down on last year hovering around the 15,000 mark . |
| 3 | Right as far as that writing see if I want you to remind me that 's where we 're up to next lesson and I shall give you a few more notes on that to explain about how it happens ten thousand times . |
| 4 | The minute the seatbelt sign goes off , they 're up in First Class . |
| 5 | ‘ Sales are up on last year . |
| 6 | Entries are up on last year but they come mainly from ‘ middle of the road ’ competitors whose goal will be finishing rather than winning this marathon . |
| 7 | ‘ Takings are up on last year and we have n't had a price rise in over twelve months . ’ |
| 8 | Oh have you all noticed just how many Scum vidoes are out for last season ? ? |
| 9 | So I put them two and a half up to press with this one and then I can turn it over and I 'll be on to third side . |
| 10 | Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas . |
| 11 | At the half-year stage profits are expected to be down on last year — around £35m against £39m . |
| 12 | On the eve of bonfire night safety officers say they 're hopeful that the number of firework accidents will be down on last year . |
| 13 | . Answers on a Christmas card , to and the Christmas cards please , with your answers , to be in by first post , next Friday , the seventeenth . |
| 14 | WIMBLEDON 'S John Fashanu is likely to be out until next month after aggravating a back problem . |
| 15 | Wimbledon striker John Fashanu is likely to be out until next month after aggravating a back problem . |
| 16 | Talk was that it would be out by last autumn . |
| 17 | He wo n't be back until next summer . |
| 18 | I 'll still be around for next World Cup : Nigel |
| 19 | That box , the Series 1000 wo n't be around until next year . |
| 20 | For the time being Microsoft has its guns trained on the Unix application base , but it is taking little or no effort to persuade ISVs to port to an operating system that by even its own admission wo n't be around until next Spring at the earliest . |
| 21 | The chief executive , Partick Dromgoole , said sales in September were down on last year . |
| 22 | the finish is at Drumlanrig castle … they 've been running … slipping … sliding over the mounatins for seven hours … they 've climbed into the clouds … they 've crossed the streams … they 've run through the glens for mile after mile … the Oxfordshire team of Bunn and Thetford were up to second place but have finished fourth … its been a long hard day … |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know , I 'm sure , what you two were up to last night , and it 's none of my business , but it 's a great pity that Carole has packed her bags , ’ she said . |
| 24 | ‘ Whatever you and Peter were up to last night , ’ he went on savagely , ‘ it was n't enough to satisfy you . |
| 25 | The men 's K1 1km was won in magnificent style by Holmann , 2 ½ seconds clear of the field , Crichlow being back in 8th place . |
| 26 | ‘ I now feel fine after my second reserve game against Halifax this week , and look forward to being back in first team action … ’ |
| 27 | The French were back in 6th place and the applause died as they crossed the line . |
| 28 | Latest reports on SunDragon pitch a 64 CPU multi-processor being around by next summer . |
| 29 | erm the format for these is one of four lectures , in which we revise in the first lecture ideas that are round about sixth form level and then in two lectures following that we take the teacher through , very quickly , the kind of coverage that we give to the topic in the university . |
| 30 | sales that were left over from the open show , three pound thirty fourteen pound ten for the collection , now that is as you see , that is over from last year last year the table show so we actually have double the number of entries on the bench this year which is a healthy sign |