Example sentences of "[be] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The first was a good attempt but yeah you missed misled or confused then there could be several others I felt you could 've picked up that would be highlighting the second appointment that carried the whole process through |
2 | To help the reader test his or her understanding there should be several problems at the end of chapters , and worked examples in the text where a general law or difficult point is discussed . |
3 | Polgar 's approach to teaching is , he says , that ‘ the pleasure of the accomplishment must be several times as much as the experience of failure . ’ |
4 | In such cases , the building amplifies the motion it experiences at ground level , and the horizontal accelerations at the upper storeys can be several times those at the base . |
5 | The private-sector contribution to these schemes was intended to be several times larger than that of the public sector . |
6 | Like the other horse strongyles , the pathogenic effect of these worms is damage to the large intestinal mucosa from the feeding habits of the adult parasites ; in particular , T. tenuicollis , whose adults feed in groups and cause the formation of large deep ulcers which may be several centimetres across ( P1.III ) . |
7 | there will be several formats that we can agree on at a later date . |
8 | The clonk may be several things , but is most probably the ball joint on top the rear axle joining it to the rear ‘ A ’ frame . |
9 | If the customer may make orders for a number of parts , then ‘ part ’ must also be a key attribute as there will be several tuples with the same ‘ Name ’ . |
10 | The implication is that some Upper Carboniferous rocks of the foreland are still in the oil window , and that even if fairly high regional palaeogeothermal gradients are assumed , the gas preservation limit is likely to be several kilometres deep where the high-volatile coals occur . |
11 | In addition there will be several members of the trade exhibiting their products . |
12 | The disadvantage for sequential processing is that there will be several rotations during the processing of a track with overflow . |
13 | With the back tyre likely to be several inches in the air , there 's no braking power to be gained there . |
14 | The body responds to an alumina implant by surrounding it with a fibrous capsule which can be several micrometres thick . |
15 | Most often there is one copy of a given plasmid per chromosome , but with the small ones there may be several copies . |
16 | ( 3.3 ) unc Thee will be several laws later on which show how assignment interacts with the various constructs of the language . |
17 | There can be several reasons for this . |
18 | There could be several reasons why Tolkien chose to write about fascination with the artefact ( a theme present in his work since chapter 1 of The Hobbit ) . |
19 | There may be several reasons why seroconversion seems to be associated with bacterial pneumonia only among intravenous drug users and not among homosexual men . |
20 | There seem to be several reasons for its emergence : a backlog of untrained practitioners ; a desire to certificate practice , for a variety of reasons , including status ; labour shortages which require quick solutions ; and a growth of theory or technology in the field itself , requiring more systematic training than has hitherto been necessary . |
21 | There can be several reasons why a community tank can have its uses , one being as a mixture of different species for display purposes . |
22 | There may be several reasons , concede Laws and Dennison ( 1990:276 ) , why primary heads appear so attracted to doing many things themselves . |
23 | ‘ We are looking for someone on a consultancy basis to advise on above and below-the-line campaigns , but there may be several arms to that , ’ McDevitt adds . |
24 | Interspersed with the musical entertainment would be several lectures . |
25 | there could be several pairs of these . |
26 | ‘ It must be several streets away . |
27 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |
28 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |
29 | Kerr includes a table of estimates in which it is clear that the ceilings of servants will be several feet lower , the cost of their rooms a mere quarter , and their floor space — despite their larger numbers — less than two-thirds of that allowed to the family . |
30 | The CEGB also anticipated that there would be several hours in which to warn the surrounding population that an escape of radioactivity was about to happen . |