Example sentences of "it [was/were] [num] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
| 2 | Around it were two steel chairs with putrid white plastic on the seats . |
| 3 | Tied to it were two speed boats , a smack and a power boat equipped for deep-sea fishing . |
| 4 | You mentioned er , earlier about yo , the fact that you were surprised that it was fifteen year olds , and that was quite young |
| 5 | Oh no it was n't , it was five currant buns was n't it ? |
| 6 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 7 | The huge black desk was flanked by a complicated system of telephones and intercoms ; on the top of it was one platinum de Chavigny pen and one plain white folder . |
| 8 | " I believe it was one Arthur Pascoe , ma'am . |
| 9 | So far London had taken Peter over thirteen years , and all he had to show for it was six box files bulging with notes , newspaper cuttings and botched openings . |
| 10 | It was six years Peter mentioned ! |
| 11 | Oh , I could n't cos we ran out , and when we came back it was ten o clock and I thought , well . |
| 12 | if , if , if it was three quarters water er human 's must of been in the water to start with |
| 13 | so those few that entered most of them got prizes and it was three police forces that entered and they all got awards . |
| 14 | I knew it was 2 midlands clubs , and that West Brom were involved … did nt realise it was stoke tho . |