Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] the [noun] one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Renting or buying a safe home is the number one priority .
2 Lendl was the number one player in the world at the time .
3 The chlorine will irritate their skin and gills , disrupt some of their metabolic functions and subject them to a huge amount of environmental stress — and stress is the number one killer of fish .
4 Here the squirrel is the Number One enemy :
5 Only period modifications and factory option equipment are allowed , but for an event like the Monte Carlo , reliability is the number one priority , not tweaked , revvy little numbers !
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