Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere in the capital , the Royal Lyceum claims it is recovering after last year 's £1.2 million debt crisis and ticket sales which were 10 to 15 per cent below target . |
| 2 | Bending the rules would allow the Government to claim it is sticking by next year 's public spending ceiling of £244.5bn while actually allowing public borrowing to rise . |
| 3 | Bending the rules would allow the Government to claim it is sticking by next year 's public spending ceiling of £244.5bn while actually allowing public borrowing to rise . |
| 4 | Some of our members have lost their consolidated rate and it 's now become a bit of a running sore on the pay negotiations from last year , it needs to be sorted out , if confidence is to remain in last year 's pay , pay deal . |
| 5 | Results of searches are normally dispatched by first-class mail the day they are received if the application is received by first post . |
| 6 | When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right . |
| 7 | When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right . |
| 8 | Note : Average speed is given for first driver only . |
| 9 | The operation is booked for next month , but Sam 's parents have so far only raised about £23,000 . |
| 10 | But Tito 's forces were anxious to stop them escaping into Austria , and on 13 May Tito instructed [ KP 88 ] his First Army : " A group of Ustashis and come Chetniks , a total of over 50,000 men , is reported by Third Army in the … area towards Dravograd . |
| 11 | The league , which is the premier club cricket competition in the county , has operated with one division since its inception in 1972 and is organised into 1st XI , 2nd XI and 3rd XI competitions . |
| 12 | After being measured against a second string of acceptability criteria — and assuming the UN takes to Morris and that a seat on the board becomes available — there would be a ballot , though no movement on this front is expected until next year . |
| 13 | The fact that the claim is made in third party proceedings in the context of a denial by the third defendant that he has conspired against the plaintiffs or defrauded them must not be allowed to conceal the fact that the claim for contribution from the third party necessarily asserts the contrary , albeit on a contingent basis . |
| 14 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |
| 15 | The £300,000 extension providing an extra eight rooms at the home in Prenton Road West , is named after First World War hero Frank Murphy who died on the battlefield at Ypres . |
| 16 | Now if I 'm not mistaken , GM is vying for second place , Fiat , which at that point was tied neck and neck with VW for first place , has fallen like a rock . |
| 17 | This is processed and after various chemical stages is converted into Potash powder and transported , in bulk , to the Port of Aquaba where it is exported to Third World nations . |
| 18 | Thus , whereas in a face-to-face meeting I can say I 'm Joe Bloggs , on the telephone I must say This is Joe Bloggs or Joe Bloggs is speaking with third person verb agreement ( but see Schegloff , 1979a ) ; in contrast in Tamil we would have to say on the telephone the equivalent of Joe Bloggs am speaking , with first person verb agreement . |
| 19 | That could change on a technicality if , as seems likely , Aliysa is disqualified from first place in the Oaks for having traces of camphor in her system . |
| 20 | Transfer 's fifth show is based on first hand accounts of women working in the health services . |
| 21 | The first one , turning over the page , relates to er , grant maintained schools , erm , the fact that erm , the calculation of the indirect maintenance grant is based on last year 's percentages . |
| 22 | Volume is set for second quarter 1993 . |
| 23 | Microsoft Corp says it has now shipped the second and final pre-release version of the Windows NT operating system to 70,000 customers and software developers , and says it offers significant improvements in performance , application support , networking and hardware compatibility ; release of the product is set for next quarter . |
| 24 | Some like " Diplomacy " , which is set in pre-First World War Europe , involve pupils in negotiations with other " countries " , setting territorial goals , and forming ( and often breaking ) alliances . |
| 25 | To the left , wooded slopes indicate the beginnings of the country , although the street itself is lined with 19th century suburban villas . |
| 26 | BROUGH PARK is preparing for next week 's heats of the All England Championship Hurdle over 500 metres . |
| 27 | With these objectives in mind , the TSB is embarking on second generation development of both its systems , and is looking forward to their continuing to make a positive contribution to the successful operation of the business . |
| 28 | If one is talking about second adult rebates , of course it is true that we need to try to simplify the proposals , to overcome the administrative difficulties brought to our attention by local authority associations . |
| 29 | This extract is taken from First Foal by Jane van Lennep published by J.A . |
| 30 | The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 . |