Example sentences of "which is [adv] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , even the paddle steamers linking Hull and Barton have been made obsolete by the building of the magnificent single span Humber Bridge , completed in 1980 — the north bank approach of which is just three miles east of North Ferriby . |
| 2 | Updata is the sole product offering from GL Software , which is just three years old and has 25 staff . |
| 3 | According to the book of legends you have just shown us , Arthur came here to drink from the Grail , whilst one of his knights , Sir Bedivere , reputedly took Excalibur down to Narepool which is only three miles from Glastonbury . |
| 4 | How , for example , does my left cerebral hemisphere , which occupies the left half of my skull , talk to the right cerebral hemisphere , which is about three inches away ? |
| 5 | It is thought to have been a spout , or larger body of water , which , by the lightening incessantly rarifying the air , broke at once on the tops of the mountains , and descended upon the valley below , which is about three miles long , half a mile broad , and lies nearly east and west , being closed on the south and north sides with prodigious high , steep , and rocky mountains … ’ |
| 6 | Last year 's deficit was about £125 million ( although this compares well with the comparable figure for the UK which is almost three times higher ) and this year the deficit will probably be about the same . |
| 7 | Now Bulmers reckon they have the answer … they 've developed a designer tree which is actually three varieties in one . |