Example sentences of "[modal v] be a thousand [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , that must be a thousand pounds ' worth of air tickets . |
| 2 | There might be a thousand methods for closing the deal , but in the end the customers will buy only if they want to buy . |
| 3 | Well his 'll be a thousand pound for the operation , being a major operation , it will be the fact that it 's skull . |
| 4 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
| 5 | Because what happens , as soon as he 's , go goes back to work , it goes back down again , to what would be a thousand pounds for any future claims to start with again . |
| 6 | Any of them would be a thousand times better than Drummle ! ’ |
| 7 | She tried to shut it all out of her mind , and remember that she should consider herself lucky , for Avenue Foch would be a thousand times worse . |
| 8 | There would be a thousand people there , dressed with varying degrees of elegance in black and white . |