Example sentences of "be [num] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heiresses dominate the magazine 's list of the 250 wealthiest women in Britain — there are 97 worth a total of £3.6 billion with the nine richest coming from just three families . |
| 2 | Around 80% of its business is generated through value-added resellers and dealers — of which there are 500 in the UK alone — making it particularly vulnerable to piracy . |
| 3 | There are fifty of the Soldier-folk here in the city itself , under Odhar , and twice as many more in the surrounding fiefs . |
| 4 | It is not very easy to judge when you are two-thirds of the way through a turn , so turning round a buoy provides a good reference point . |
| 5 | The poet receives no replies : the Sonnets are one-half of a correspondence , as they represent one-half of a relationship . |
| 6 | Since our June issue , we have chosen to standardise and dropped the ‘ e ’ from the name ; sources are 50/50 on the spelling ! |
| 7 | There are 12,500 on the Council 's waiting list for homes , but only a small proportion could be treated as a priority , she said . |
| 8 | Here are six of the best : |
| 9 | And there are hundreds of the wretched |
| 10 | There would have been six in a in a bed . |
| 11 | There are 10 of the players who beat Australia in August , all but Mike Brewer having started each of New Zealand 's five summer Tests . |
| 12 | From nifty riveter to smart water-pipe detector … here are 10 of the best diy gifts selected by JACK SMITH |
| 13 | ‘ Just wait until you 're twenty-one in the summer , ’ he teased her , before turning back to speak to Wendell . |
| 14 | They 're three on the nineteenth . |
| 15 | You and me , we 're three of a kind . |
| 16 | Now you 're one of a pair , it does n't mean that you have to do everything together , but the chances are that you will want to spend a lot of your spare time with each other . |
| 17 | £10 of your joint earnings if you 're one of a couple or |
| 18 | It makes sense in what I said earlier about if you can identify numbers that are very seldom chosen , because when those numbers do come up then you 're one of a small minority of winners and therefore your stake is larger . |
| 19 | These laws have been in force for hundreds of years — and they 're one of the things that are going to disappear in 1992 , at least in Germany . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're one of the survivors ? ’ |
| 21 | P.S. If you 're one of the big Money Prize Winners , you will be invited to receive your Cheque at an expenses-paid Prize Winners Champagne Reception ! |
| 22 | So at work you 're one of the lads . |
| 23 | Van Halen , they 're one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the world . |
| 24 | Or there could be , if you 're one of the lucky winners in our Bully 's Sporting Darts comp ! |
| 25 | If you 're one of the lucky twelve winners , we 'll be in touch … |
| 26 | If , after inspecting your shoes and feet , you find no noticeable problems , then you 're one of the lucky ones . |
| 27 | That band is Nirvana , and if you 're one of the 12 million owners of their last album , Nevermind , you 'll know that their radical reworking of what was heavy metal into what is now grunge has completely destroyed the old image of the moronic metal band . |
| 28 | But you 're one of the best . |
| 29 | Make sure you 're one of the satisfied customers by following this advice from the KSA : |
| 30 | Tick the appropriate box on the coupon and , if you 're one of the lucky 25 , we 'll send you a set of Wella Lifetex formulations for your specific hair type and condition . |