Example sentences of "be [adv] [num] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time . |
| 2 | Yes , of the 28 it looks at the moment as if there are only 4 from the Wolves area . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But as we pointed out at the beginning of this chapter , the courts are only one of a series– of filters regulating access to the criminal justice and penal processes and , as such , they are also affected by decisions taken elsewhere in the system . |
| 5 | Aluminium smelters are only one of a score of industries which now pollute the total environment with fluoride emissions and solid wastes . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the litanies of ‘ respectable fears ’ and ‘ moral panics ’ are only one of the discourses about ‘ law and order ’ found in popular , political , or academic discussion over the last century . |
| 7 | ‘ But , ’ Mark continued , transport costs are only one of the factors which have placed British industry at a disadvantage in recent years . ’ |
| 8 | Giving voice to the demands , and warning about the constraints on teachers buying books , Pat Clark , a teacher and member of the Federation of Children 's Book Groups , reminded booksellers and publishers alike that ‘ books are only one of the resources needed by teachers ’ . |
| 9 | Statutes are only one of the means by which governments can achieve their policy objectives and there are , surprisingly , relatively few things which governments can do only with the approval of Parliament as expressed in the passing of a statute . |
| 10 | Certainly which environment which company erm and there are only five of the companies that the . |
| 11 | There are only 200 in the wild at the most , yet 1000 are registered in zoos around the world . |
| 12 | Hereford are only two off the bottom of the third division now after slipping up at Gillingham … their defence was well beaten by the opening goal from Arnott … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ICI and Du Font are only two of the firms in the chemical industry , but their output is rather more significant than their number would suggest ! |
| 15 | Only 9,000 were produced in the short history of the Dunmurry factory and there are only 15 on the roads of Northern Ireland — worth £13,000–£20,000 each . |
| 16 | There are only three to the south porch . |
| 17 | Here are merely 20 of the trail-markers : |
| 18 | Yes , two months ago she had been just one of the Pinehurst girls , and today she was the owner of a house and faced with the double problem of looking after her sister and providing a means of livelihood for them both . |
| 19 | From nothing : in 1850 he 'd been just one of the hands at Wm Paul 's Tannery in Kirkstall Road . |
| 20 | She had been just fifteen at the time , and had agreed with him heartily . |
| 21 | We are already two-thirds of the way through our stay in Peking , and by the time this letter reaches you we may well be getting ready to leave for Sian . |
| 22 | Although prosecution followed by a fine can bring home to parents the reality of their child 's non-attendance problem , a financial penalty is likely to be inappropriate when imposed on what is often a poor family whose financial problems are already one of the factors threatening family stability . |
| 23 | The answer is that the new identities are just one of a number of changes taking place in higher education . |
| 24 | Top Cajun Band The Flatville Aces are just one of the host of outfits on parade at the Farnham Folk on April 26th . |
| 25 | After all , Wang Laboratories Inc and Prime Computer Inc are just two of a string of companies that have opened and later closed in the south of Ireland , but Amdahl Corp is still there , Intel Corp is investing heavily and expanding , 3Com Corp and Cabletron Systems Inc are among the new arrivals , and several other chipmakers are still doing assembly and Sun Microsystems Inc has just followed ICL Plc and Sema Group Plc in establishing software development operations in the Dublin area . |
| 26 | His autobiography , Living Dangerously , and his book about the discovery of Ubar , Atlantis of the Sands , are just two of a string of best-sellers he has written about his adventures . |
| 27 | Cost and delay are just two of the factors which persuade the great majority of those in dispute to effect a compromise and settle their differences without trial . |
| 28 | Defenders of the Wild : Sundays at 7pm. 12th , The Sting of Jose Truda Palazzo : Poachers and loggers are just two of the groups this Brazilian conservationist has to contend with . |
| 29 | David and Scott Lloyd are just two of the father/son partnerships who will be competing in the national finals at Quietwaters Hotel , Golf and Country Club later this month ( 24th–28th Feb ) . |
| 30 | Latest developments at the all-important nucleus breeding and selection level , and tips on selecting finished lambs for market are just two of the topics covered in this week 's Sheep Supplement . |