Example sentences of "[noun sg] be several " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same camp are several largely left-wing popular movements that portray Maastricht as the first step towards a European superpower and the end of Denmark as an independent state . |
| 2 | Beneath the surface layer of the skin are several further layers of cells . |
| 3 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 4 | Close by the complex are several restaurants and , of course , the superb beach from which boat rides to other islands can be taken . |
| 5 | Inside the tin were several small parcels containing measured portions of custard powder and porridge oats , crushed biscuits and cocoa powder mixed with sugar . |
| 6 | ‘ He owns us , the studios from which we broadcast and the building they 're in , although by now he must have recovered whatever his original investment was several times over . |
| 7 | The result was several more escaped strands of red-gold framing the pale oval beauty of her face . |
| 8 | Sitting at the bar are several wizened old men and two blousy women hiding their age . |
| 9 | The butterflies which fly south are several generations removed from those which flew north in the previous spring . |
| 10 | Contained within the Faculty are several research institutes . |
| 11 | The central lobby was several stories high . |
| 12 | The price of a loaf of bread was several hours labour and both the miller and the domestic baker had to slog away to procuce a loaf . |
| 13 | On the south side is a piscina with octagonal basin upon a shaft , beneath a plain pointed arch , within the sacrarium are several encaustic tiles . |
| 14 | Included in this group are several nervous system adhesion molecules such as the neural cell adhesion molecule ( N-CAM ) , L1 , and TAG , which are involved in neuronal guidance and fasciculation . |
| 15 | On the ground in front of the simple headstone were several dark splashes , which could only have been made by blood . |
| 16 | Also king 's business were several works fostering uniformity in religion such as The Bishops ' Book , 1537 ( STC 5163 ) and The King 's Book , 1543 ( STC 5168 ) , of which multiple editions had to be printed . |
| 17 | In the second recitative of La mort de Didon ( book 1 , C.1709 ) an unexpected F major chord following a D minor cadence and a dramatic pause underline Dido 's exclamation ‘ Perfidious lover ! ’ admirably , and the account of her final moments in the next recitative is several times articulated in the same sensitive manner . |
| 18 | Almost every excavation which has been conducted in the area bounded by the River Alne on the east and north-east , the marsh on the north and north-west , Ryknild Street on the west and the boundary ditch on the south has produced evidence , however slight , for structures of one sort or another , and it is clear that the whole town was several times the size of the walled area . |
| 19 | On the larger bottom tier were several rather chunky pieces of Beth 's fruit loaf , baked in the manner which Maisie had taught her ; then came the apple cake wedges ; and finally , making a pretty pattern on the smallest top tier , the tiny sponge cakes , each one displayed in a pretty white doily and finished with a half cherry on top . |
| 20 | Among the deputies representing the constituency were several prominent individuals , including the DC Interior Minister , Antonio Gava , and Bettino Craxi . |
| 21 | It was all white , with stone steps , instead of the usual wooden ones , and on its huge veranda were several basketwork chairs and tables , and yellow sunblinds . |
| 22 | The gateway is several feet in thickness but the outer face is in better condition ( 71 ) . |
| 23 | Near this tomb are several large rectangular mortuary-complexes , consisting of many small rectangular chambers , and these seem to have evolved as family tombs for the Minoan township of Arkhanes , whose distant successor Phourni still overlooks ( Plate 19 ) . |
| 24 | On the paper were several straight lines and in between each pair was a series of dots . |
| 25 | A further complication is that included in the Copernican theory were several proposals . |
| 26 | Among those dismissed from the Cabinet were several senior military officers as well as all the so-called Guinéens de l'extérieur , a group of exiles who returned in 1984 after the death of President Ahmed Sekou Touré . |
| 27 | The current per unit volume is several times that in the Earth . |
| 28 | At the Sheffield plate works women earned 4s 6d to 5s ( 22½p to 25p ) and in Worcester at glove making their 4 to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week was several shillings below the rate of their male colleagues . |
| 29 | The level of the new arid ground was several feet above that of the land on which Geneva stood . |
| 30 | But the treatment 's efficacy was several times demonstrated in the years which followed when his two elder sons , exposed to smallpox , failed to catch the disease . |