Example sentences of "be [num] of 12 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darlington College of Technology part-time student won a regional heat to be one of 12 finalists who travelled to London last week . |
| 2 | The new Department of Religious Communication is one of 12 chairs in which the faculty is organised . |
| 3 | Scott is one of 12 people who have benefited from cochlear implantation at North Riding Infirmary in Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | Orlando Azcué was one of 12 political prisoners in Combinado del Este Prison in Havana who signed a letter dated 1 January 1991 , calling for peaceful political change and respect for human rights , that was smuggled out of the prison . |
| 5 | Nicklaus , now 52 , was one of 12 players to break 70 with a 69 , a score matched by not only Bernhard Langer and Steve Richardson , of the Europeans , but also Woosnam , who began his defence of the title much better than he had expected . |
| 6 | Gen. Jorge Zincke , a moderate who had been appointed deputy commander in November 1988 [ see p. 36346 ] and had worked towards restoring the Army to a professional and depoliticized force , was one of 12 senior officers retired , while seven were promoted ( making a total of 43 in the Army high command , about twice the pre-1973 level ) . |
| 7 | Thames and Chilterns was one of 12 tourist boards around the country . |
| 8 | Mr Wood was one of 12 children but none of his nine sisters or two brothers ever shared his interest . |
| 9 | Andrew Swales , 31 , of Chesham Street , Middlesbrough , was one of 12 men killed when the Bristow Super Puma plunged into icy seas during a short hop from an oil rig to an accommodation platform . |
| 10 | He was one of 12 finalists told to cook a meal using two oven-ready Gressingham ducklings , potatoes , savoy cabbage and other ingredients costing no more than £3 . |
| 11 | Spondon was one of 12 Courtaulds sites where safety management was evaluated by Du Pont , acknowledged as world leaders in industrial health and safety matters . |