Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His paper , born during the German occupation of the Balkans , is due to celebrate 50 years of publication later this year . |
| 2 | Britain is due to have four submarines armed with the new Tridents but has been worried that recent votes in the Senate to cut funding for production of the missile could delay delivery of the weapons , scheduled to start next year , to the Royal Navy . |
| 3 | It is usual to distinguish three reasons why people want to hold their assets in the form of money . |
| 4 | Q I would like to know if it is possible to join two tanks of 36″ x 15″ x 12″ to make a single 72″ x 15″ x 12″ tank . |
| 5 | As David Hencke points out , it is possible to take two views of this . |
| 6 | First , by emphasizing that preferences are displaced away somewhat from the familiar , it is possible to explain two facets of the data from humans that would otherwise have seemed incompatible . |
| 7 | By finding ways to reduce stress , for instance , according to many practitioners it is possible to look ten years younger , your quality of life will be enhanced and the benefits will also manifest themselves in longevity . |
| 8 | Sometimes it is possible to get three crops a year , an enormous yield . |
| 9 | At outcrop from Cornwall to Somerset and South Wales it is possible to distinguish five zones characterised by successive northward decreases in their degree of metamorphism and deformation , and in their deformation ages . |
| 10 | As we saw in Chapter 1 , it is possible to distinguish two categories of temporary worker supplied via an intermediary — " agency workers " and " employees of works contractors " . |
| 11 | It is possible to distinguish two phases in the development of natural law , the earlier phase based on religion and the more recent secular phase . |
| 12 | As a result of these developments it is possible to make three claims regarding the miracles in the Synoptic Gospels : |
| 13 | Within any such population it is possible to identify four subgroups : long-stay residents ; those who die shortly after admission , those who return home after a period of convalescence and those who move to another long-term care setting after a short stay . |
| 14 | It is possible to identify four types of formal MIS which are useful to management concerned with control at the tactical level . |
| 15 | It is possible to identify three processes at work during this period of transition from a minimal system of broadcasting to a more expansive one . |
| 16 | It is possible to win two bouts if your opponent is disqualified for injuring you , but after the second win the referee will withdraw you from further competition for your own safety . |
| 17 | BR is projecting to shed 1,000 jobs a year for the next five years , cutting the total workforce to 130,000 by 1992/93 — from around 200,000 in the early 1980s . |
| 18 | The Woodworker Fellowship is delighted to offer three sizes — 42″ , 44″ , — 46″ at £16 , £17 , and £18 respectively inclusive of postage and packing which offers several pounds discount on the retail price . |
| 19 | This European version is supposed to allow eight phones to share a channel . |
| 20 | That is likely to save 700 lives and more than 30,000 casualties over the next 30 years . |
| 21 | He adds that the case is likely to take three years to sort out . |
| 22 | The reorganisation , which is likely to take seven weeks , will result in the food and drink section taking up 45pc of the floor space at the expense of the textiles section . |
| 23 | THE latest statistics show that a man retiring in Edinburgh is likely to live four years longer than his counterpart in Glasgow , it was stated yesterday . |
| 24 | Work is likely to last four weeks . |
| 25 | He is likely to serve six years in prison |
| 26 | Unless someone more plausible comes forward , therefore , the challenge is likely to have two results . |
| 27 | Remember that every piece of chunky restaurant-style bread is likely to have 80–110 calories , while butter is a staggering 210 calories an ounce . |
| 28 | To achieve this it is helpful to use two words , a verb and a noun , to describe each function . |
| 29 | To achieve this it is helpful to use two words , a verb and a noun , to describe each function . |
| 30 | The design team may have many forms from a single individual working alone to a broadly based curriculum development team with specialists in curriculum design , graphics , programming and observation ; however , for our purpose it is useful to emphasize three roles — the curriculum designer who has overall responsibility for the program teaching unit and its associated written or audio-visual material , the program designer who realizes the computer program and the teacher developers in whose classrooms the material is tried and tuned . |