Example sentences of "is [verb] [conj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic award for each employee is calculated as one and a half week 's pay for each year of continuous employment over the age of 41 , one week 's pay for each such year between the ages of 22 and 40 , and half a week 's pay for each year between the ages of 18 and 21 . |
| 2 | The payment is calculated as one and a half week 's pay for each year of continuous employment over the age of 40 up to 65 for a man and 60 for a woman , one week 's pay for each year between the ages of 22 and 40 , and half a week 's pay for each year between the ages of 18 and 21 . |
| 3 | Women are given an expected delivery date that is calculated as 40 weeks ( 280 days ) after the first day of the last menstrual bleed . |
| 4 | Our ‘ Palatinate ’ lager is recognized as one of the best draught lagers in Britain and recently won one of the premier prizes at the European Brewing and Bottling Exhibition . |
| 5 | It is intended that 828 will be working on the main line as soon as possible and consequently it has been rebuilt to British Rail Main Line standards . |
| 6 | Social Policy 2 is taught as three separate half courses and students are normally expected to take two of these . |
| 7 | The reconstituted , or stepfamily , is formed when two partners marry , one or both bringing children from a previous relationship with them . |
| 8 | Walker , who won the Heisman Trophy for the best college player and is regarded as one of the leading rushers in the NFL , was exchanged for Darrin Nelson ( running back ) , Issiac Holt ( defensive back ) , David Howard and Jesse Solomon ( both linebackers ) and Alex Stewart ( defensive end ) plus a first-round and up to six other draft picks in the next three years . |
| 9 | But he is regarded as one of the quickest men in Welsh rugby and has 198 career tries to support the claim . |
| 10 | Swimming is regarded as one of the best all-round forms of exercise , but a survey by the Institution of Environmental Health Officers shows you could be at risk from stomach upsets and skin rashes if you take a dip in dirty public swimming pools . |
| 11 | A case is defined when it is reported as one alleged offender involved in one event or series of events ; also it is regarded as one case where members of the same group are involved in one event or series of events . |
| 12 | As long as the occasion of buying one 's first car is regarded as one of life 's momentous landmarks there can be little hope . |
| 13 | He is regarded as one of the foremost poets of science , and you as the first novelist of science . ’ |
| 14 | He 's this year 's all British Scrambling Champion , is regarded as one of the best riders in Gloucestershire and in the last 12 months , he 's won dozens of awards and trophies and he was only 7 last week . |
| 15 | He won nine successive England caps and is regarded as one of the best man to man markers in the game by Taylor , who was with Keown when he was at Aston Villa . |
| 16 | Gerry O'Connor , whose recent CD ‘ Time to Time ’ has received great critical acclaim , is regarded as one of Ireland 's finest young generation fiddle players , while Máirtín O'Connor , formerly with De Danann , is simply outstanding on accordion . |
| 17 | It is listed as one of the world 's most endangered animals by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature . |
| 18 | The DNA-bind solution is shaken and 1 ml added to the sample . |
| 19 | English is treated as one subject among many , albeit an important one , and has to assume institutional responsibilities as well as accepting privileges . |
| 20 | The Bible is treated as one of many sources of faith , but many tend to dismiss the bits they dislike while embracing the more comforting sayings . |
| 21 | This is given as one reason why the need for synthesis is limited . |
| 22 | This will be the reason for the oddity of ( 54 ) where one such basic property is related to its noun through assignment , by contrast with the normality of ( 55 ) where it is given as one of the initial identifying properties of the subject entity ( there is obviously no difference of truth-value between the two ) : ( 54 ) ? a ladle which was heavy came down on his skull ( 55 ) a heavy ladle came down on his skull Thus , other things being equal we expect properties of such basic sorts to be used predominantly for identification by ordinary qualification . |
| 23 | Its magnitude is given as 6.6 , but I have always found it an elusive binocular object . |
| 24 | His total service is given as 21 years to the date of his discharge , ‘ in consequence of length of service ’ , on 5 April 1825 . |
| 25 | The distance is given as 212 miles in the AA book — call it 200 miles . |
| 26 | It is claimed that one litre should support no less than 50 fish of one foot or less with its surface area of 800 square metres . |
| 27 | It is claimed that one of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's songs is playing somewhere in the world every minute of the day . |
| 28 | Test-retest reliability is reported as 0.94 when children were retested within one week , while an item analysis indicated an overall measure of test consistency of 0.77 . |
| 29 | It is organised as three teaching terms each ten weeks long , with short vacations of three weeks at Christmas and four weeks at Easter . |
| 30 | It is expected that two Czechoslovak dissidents , spanning a 20-year period , will be chosen as joint winners to emphasise the durability of the movement towards liberalisation . |