Example sentences of "be [adv] [num] [prep] [art] number " in BNC.

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1 Share prices are determined by supply and demand and anticipatory and speculative factors , and the expected earnings of a company are only one of a number of factors which influence investors .
2 There are a number of cases of this kind , and I would point out that air and rail journeys are only two of a number of service benefits which have a number of problems attached to them .
3 The answer is that the new identities are just one of a number of changes taking place in higher education .
4 It can be quite painful , for the insider is studying his own social navel , with the potential always present that he will recognize this to be only one of a number of arbitrary possibilities and perhaps also find that many practices are built on the flimsiest of moral precepts .
5 In a busy timetable , video may be only one of a number of varied resources that the teacher wants to use .
6 The management company may be dedicated to the purpose or this activity may be just one of a number of related activities .
7 The contribution of duodenogastrooesophageal reflux may be just one of a number of damaging influences in the lower oseophagus of patients with Barrett 's oesophagus .
8 ‘ It is only one of a number of options which include proposals from British , US and Continental companies , ’ the source said .
9 The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions .
10 It is only one of a number of instruments which express the official curriculum .
11 If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency .
12 While this perspective was offered as an alternative to the moral and disease models of child abuse , which tend to dominate ‘ lay ’ and ‘ expert ’ thinking on the subject , it is only one of a number of possible sociological approaches .
13 In some monastic traditions the Office is only one of a number of priorities .
14 The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days .
15 Paul is a lawyer other lawyers love to hate , but his is only one of a number of Yorkshire law firms that are sending a chill down the back of the London legal establishment .
16 This condition is more aptly termed pre-menstrual syndrome ( PMS ) because tension is just one of a number of other emotional and physical disturbances experienced by women a few days ( or two weeks ) before the onset of menstruation .
17 Money is just one of a number of assets which people hold as wealth .
18 And growing : BT 's big ground station at Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall is just one of a number .
19 The company , which is just one of a number of specialist groups on the railway who are restoring specific locomotives , bought the 5MT on November 9 , 1985 .
20 NeXT , as ever , told Reuters that this is just one of a number of licensing deals it is discussing .
21 McBride , a versatile player , is just one of a number of particularly young Derry players who will sample the championship atmosphere for the first time .
22 ‘ It is just one of a number of sites which we are looking at to formulate an extended park and ride system , ’ he said .
23 The project is just one of a number he has in the resort , and he claims the attack of vandalism also just the latest of a growing number .
24 Coun. John Williams , leader of Darlington council , said : ‘ This pedestrianisation of Skinnergate and High Row is just one of a number of initiatives we are taking to improve the environment of the town centre .
25 Brain-storming is simply one of a number of " thinking techniques ' developed and popularized over recent decades to help us think more efficiently and creatively .
26 Like as not he would n't even recognize her , and he 'd made it clear she was merely one of a number of girls who accommodated him .
27 But he stressed that this was only one of a number of options .
28 Meanwhile , Catholic worship continued in many great houses ; Sir Thomas Leedes at Thorne House , Steyning , was only one of a number who kept a priest 's hole against the chance of being given away by an informer .
29 Bevin 's plan was only one of a number of retirement pension schemes discussed in the 1930s .
30 The Milken affair was only one of a number of major swoops on Wall Street insider traders initiated by the SEC .
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