Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [num ord] " 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 | Similarly , the availability of new technology is limited at first to narrow distribution channels such as direct sales nd systems integrators , typically proportional to the complexity of the stuff . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | Note : Average speed is given for first driver only . |
| 10 | The operation is booked for next month , but Sam 's parents have so far only raised about £23,000 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A final decision over funding , to be agreed between the state council and the ministry of forestry , is expected by next March in time for China 's next five year economic plan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She added as she reached the bottom of the stairs where Miss Merchiston had arrived to meet her , ‘ I 've told the mistress as how Miss Kyte is come at last , and she said to bring her up straight . ’ |
| 16 | MIDDLESBROUGH Reserves should have their best crowd of the season if the Central League game with Mansfield is rearranged for next Thursday night striker Bernie Slaven and midfield player Willie Falconer are in line for comebacks . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | To make up these leaf forms , each motif is prepared by first cutting out two rectangles of suitable size having the grain running obliquely at about 45° which are then edge-jointed and taped together . |
| 21 | Be-bop , sometimes called straight-ahead jazz , is written with eighth notes , but at particular tempos the eighth notes are felt with a lilt or bounce to them . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This is done by first obtaining an initial assignment as follows . |
| 24 | This is done by first transforming unc and then applying the procedure set out under SEQ below . |
| 25 | This is accomplished by first differentiating the freewheeling current signal and then using a comparator to find the time instants at which there is 110 change of current . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Unlike these cities , Dublin is thought of first and foremost for its literary heritage , rather than for its art . |
| 28 | He is accused of first , neglecting the class struggle , and second , distorting the history of capitalism and thus the progressive role of capitalism in development ( Brenner , 1977 ; Cor ’ bridge , 1986 , ch.2 ) . |
| 29 | The present attitude of the courts towards judicial review can not be adequately understood unless some idea is conveyed of eighteenth and nineteenth century case law . |
| 30 | Hewlett-Packard Co is going to third parties with its SoftBench CASE environment , particularly to get it up on Sun Microsystems Inc workstations . |