Example sentences of "it is a [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now clearly that you know this is a the the model that we have is a daily one , it is a twelve hour model .
2 It is a thousand pities that the writ of praemunire which Henry VIII used against Wolsey etc. was no longer available to prevent them ; for despite the fair-seeming terminology of Human Rights , the result is incompatible with the elementary principles of justice and of democracy as we understand them .
3 It is a one man show from the Sheffield company who specialise in creating work with and for the Labour and Trades Union Movement .
4 In this case , it is a two foot pike .
5 It is a two storey structure which contains conference facilities and computer facilities for the University as a whole .
6 The Tropical Plant team were particularly proud of this win as it is a six year old installation which is maintained to this very high standard by technician Jackie Odboy .
7 It is a one-fifth scale model of Endeavour , built using traditional methods , but also allowing for modern safety requirements .
8 It 's just a pity that it is a 500 mile round trip to visit her ! — Ed .
9 I believe it is a hundred times better to have a leader who wants to go forward rather than one who retreats towards the hills when the going gets rough .
10 Lot number seven Lot seven the rosewater sprinkler Lot number seven there it is a hundred pounds for this one , one hundred pounds and ten , a hundred and ten pounds .
11 It is a hundred jobs per hundred thousand square feet , that 's right .
12 It is a hundred miles from King 's lions
13 Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour .
14 No , if it is a 2.25 litre engine unless you change the cylinder head for a 2.5 or have the old head bored out and 2.5 litre valve seats fitted ( ETC 6278 ) .
15 We must , of course , take account of the differences between the practices of the UK 's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) and the NRC , and the differences between the countries ' electrical supply networks — the UK works with a 50 Hz alternating current , while in the US it is a 60 Hz system .
16 As you know it is a 24 hours job looking after a child/young adult with special needs .
17 It is a three speed auto .
18 It is a three stage process .
19 When it is a two-on-one situation near the line , then the penalty try will result .
20 On nearby Beinn an Lochain , a route called the Frog does n't stir the same dread , perhaps reasonably so as it is a II/III crossing Toad , and put up by Tom Redfern and Klaus Schwartz .
21 It is a 15 inch gauge railway opened in 1990 and connects the two towns of Wroxham and Aylesham over a distance of some nine miles .
22 Yes , if it is a 2.5 litre ( Ninety and One Ten ) .
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