Example sentences of "are a dozen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps for every letter we get asking about neutron decay , to take one recent example , there are a dozen , even 100 , readers who would like to know the answer . |
| 2 | ‘ Once past the Swamp and across the Highway there are a dozen paths to choose from . ’ |
| 3 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 4 | For every bright-eyed wagon train or trail blazing adventure , there are a dozen Westerns dealing with lawmen or outlaws who have outlived their times and now find themselves constrained by the pettiness of a civilisation which is rarely grateful for the way they have cleared the ground for its progress . |
| 5 | Mind you , it would be more comforting if he could do the same with those who are a dozen years younger than he is . |
| 6 | ‘ There are a dozen Headmistress 's jugs and glasses in the kitchen , ’ Miss Honey said . |
| 7 | Across the patio are a dozen doors , none intact . |
| 8 | So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible . |
| 9 | ‘ There are a dozen equally good jobs she could walk into . ’ |
| 10 | And if they ever did set out to open up this place , ’ he said consideringly , ‘ there are a dozen more important places to begin , of course . ’ |
| 11 | There are a dozen states asking to join and participate in an all-European economic and political arrangement . |
| 12 | For every one of them , there are a dozen who will shy away from the whip and lose vital seconds . |