Example sentences of "is [num] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pension at leaving is ten-sixtieths of £24,000 = £4,000 a year at age 65 . |
| 2 | The current cost of one S&P500 index future is 360 × $500 = $180 000 , while one NYSE Composite index future costs 200 × $500 = $100 000 . |
| 3 | is three of Mercer 's is four I would probably go through would be five would go through that would be six |
| 4 | ‘ It 's to match Gisela 's nose , ’ he explains ( Gisela is one of Karl 's new model discoveries ) . |
| 5 | Like Akram , he is one of cricket 's marvels . |
| 6 | It is one of Minton 's most delightful books . |
| 7 | ‘ This Scheme for Teacher Education is one of OUP 's most imaginative contributions to ELT literature . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This Scheme for Teacher Education series is one of OUP 's most imaginative contributions to ELT literature . |
| 9 | ( a ) Whitesand Bay The mile-long beach is one of Pembrokeshire 's most popular bathing places . |
| 10 | The other task in July for Xu — he is one of China 's most highly regarded chefs , consultants and writers , the Chinese equivalent of Victor Ceserani — was to teach the Norwich staff and advise on setting up the course . |
| 11 | The Daniel Rouah Barber Shop and Skin Care Salon is one of London 's best . |
| 12 | Perhaps less well-known is that El Vino is one of London 's best wine merchants , offering a mail-order service based on its Armchair Wine Buyer 's Guide . |
| 13 | The Black Friar is one of London 's unlikelier pubs , an art nouveau collision between the ecclesiastical and the most secular . |
| 14 | For businesses considering leasing , Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd. is one of Europe 's leading leasing specialists . |
| 15 | The Basilica is one of Europe 's loveliest churches and tucked away in the sanctuary behind the altar is its most precious altarpiece , encrusted with priceless jewels . |
| 16 | Madrid is one of Europe 's most beautiful cities . |
| 17 | From a historical point of view , the Czechoslovakian capital is one of Europe 's more precious cities . |
| 18 | FOUR-wheel drive enthusiasts are being blamed for breaking through a barrier to gain illegal access to a Suffolk ‘ island ’ which is one of Europe 's most important nature reserves . |
| 19 | The Pountney Clinic is one of Europe 's longest established and respected specialist cosmetic surgery hospitals . |
| 20 | Begun in 1283 by Edward I , it is one of Europe 's great medieval fortresses . |
| 21 | On the right here is , first , the summit of Occabé or Ok Abe , the biggest to date , at 5,000 feet , and known for its many Iron-Age burial sites and standing stones ( see Plate 2 ) , and then the immense , noble beech forest of Iraty , which is one of Europe 's largest , covering thousands of acres on either side of the frontier . |
| 22 | Zurich people will tell you that this is one of Europe 's most elegant shopping streets , and they are probably right . |
| 23 | In its present form it was rebuilt in mid-eighteenth century and is one of Europe 's greatest baroque buildings , with the monastery church embodied as centrepiece of the great facade . |
| 24 | Club pro Bernard Gallacher told city journalist Matthew Bond : " The special thing about Wentworth is that it is one of Europe 's best inland courses . |
| 25 | Lawson 's is owned by Martini and Rossi , and is one of Europe 's top-selling whiskies . |
| 26 | Johnson Matthey is one of Europe 's leading producers of coloured masterbatch materials for pigmenting plastics . |
| 27 | THORP , which has been hailed as the ‘ envy of the nuclear world ’ by International Group Director is one of Europe 's largest and most complex engineering projects . |
| 28 | Edinburgh , the capital of Scotland , is one of Europe 's most handsome cities . |
| 29 | At present , Britain is one of Europe 's major waste importers , after France . |
| 30 | The Greenpeace action is intended to be followed up by a series of prosecutions involving companies who , the organisation believes , are exceeding limits of discharge into the Mersey which is one of Europe 's most seriously polluted rivers . |