Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | While such mentalistic constructions may sound implausible at first sight , they are justified in three ways . |
| 2 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 3 | It will seek to ensure that all priority patients are treated within three months and that nobody should wait more than twelve months for treatment . |
| 4 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 5 | The targets have been limited to three Cath , around three . |
| 6 | NORTH-EAST swimmers are competing in three important events this weekend . |
| 7 | For this album , the World Saxophone Quartet are joined by three Senegalese drummers ( Chief Bey , Mor Thiam [ who also shares a writing credit ] and Mar Gueye ) and an electric bassist ( Melvin Gibbs , on three tracks ) . |
| 8 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 9 | Herringbroom Studio has been developed by three working painters — Piers Ottey , Catherine Somerville and Christopher Baker . |
| 10 | The parts of the statute are arranged in three groups . |
| 11 | Your legs are wrecked for three or four days ’ |
| 12 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 13 | Our first call , Burgoynes Garage , which has been broken into three times . |
| 14 | Subsequently it was suggested ( Hare , 1973 ) that this trend in climatology had been emphasized by three other contributions identified as the micrometeorological method whereby a branch of experimental physics has used experimental techniques to provide physical insights into the nature of the earth 's surface and planetary boundary layers ; the microclimatological method where the techniques of micrometeorological measurement and boundary layer theory together with the related parts of soil physics and plant physiology are applied to exchange and transformation processes over natural surfaces , leading to study of energy transformation at the land surface , water movement upwards and downwards through the soil , and to how carbon dioxide is assimilated during photosynthesis and released during respiration ; and the hydrological method whereby energy exchange during the hydrological cycle was quantified . |
| 15 | High-density seating with many rows fixed in face-to-back mode , together with much more standing room , enabled trains which had previously been formed of three old DMU vehicles to be scheduled for two Sprinter vehicles . |
| 16 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 17 | For example in Jonas ( book 1 ) the story of Jonah and the whale the hero 's disobedience to God is described in A minor , and its consequences are depicted in three consecutive movements in A major . |
| 18 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 19 | The move brings together the board 's 61 admin staff , who have been scattered in three different premises — Kirk headquarters at 121 George Street , Wallace House in Granton and the Tom Allan Centre in Glasgow . |
| 20 | Four and a half years later I am returning with three of my children and my husband . |
| 21 | As mentioned elsewhere , child benefit has been frozen for three consecutive years . |
| 22 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 23 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 24 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 25 | 1981 ) where foods are grouped into three colour-coded categories , green ( ‘ go ’ foods ) , yellow ( ‘ approach with caution ’ foods ) , and red ( ‘ stop ’ foods ) . |
| 26 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 27 | Well it 's been booked for three or four weeks has n't it ? |
| 28 | Traditionally the criminal work in the busy city magistrates ' courts had been dominated by three firms . |
| 29 | Since the Library 's collections are dispersed throughout three buildings , it is necessary to have a more or less continuous programme of transferring stock from one floor to another , and from one building to another , in order to create space for expansion and to ensure that the printed collections are placed to the maximum advantage as far as distribution , access and preservation are concerned . |
| 30 | These are located in three Halls of Residence on and immediately adjacent to the campus . |