Example sentences of "is a [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | is a one in a thousand one in a thousand like my my Gerald that thought about his duties , his responsibilities , his tender fatherly fig . |
| 2 | That this is a first in the history of popular music . |
| 3 | Protector features what the company claims is a first in razor technology — a ‘ thin guard wire over the edges of the blades which has the same effect as the metal foil of a dry razor ’ . |
| 4 | This is a 1 in 10 sample in England and Wales — a complete census in Scotland at discharge or death . |
| 5 | Is a twelve in that ? |
| 6 | In classical elasticity the strain energy function W is a quadratic in the infinitesimal strains . |
| 7 | The 486DX is a different in that it has a numeric coprocessor built into it and so does n't need one adding as a separate unit . |
| 8 | There back in Joshua , Joshua he issues the challenge to the , the children of Israel , in Joshua chapter twenty four , he says , and if it is a disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord choose for yourself today whom you will serve , whether the God 's which your father served , which are beyond river , or the God 's of the Amorites in whose land you are living , but as for my and my husband we will serve the Lord ! |
| 9 | Particularly as we are a company whose sales as you know is split roughly a third a third a third er that is a third in the U K , a third in North America and a third in the rest of the world . |