Example sentences of "[adv] four " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you know , Paz asked me , that Thomas Aquinas was only four foot ten ? |
| 2 | The titles of my lectures were all the same , but my name appeared beneath only four out of the five of them . |
| 3 | Many of the residents moved out shortly after Mrs Hill announced her intention to sell , and in fact there were only four of us left when the new landlord took possession . |
| 4 | In fact , only four units were available in May . |
| 5 | His weakness is that he has only four or five votes on the committee and his intermittent appearances and lack of involvement in either the Headingley School or the Bradford Academy will count against him , all past prejudices apart . |
| 6 | But so far only four men have been buried and no autopsy results have been disclosed . |
| 7 | The reverse is true in only four subjects . |
| 8 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
| 9 | By contrast , Jansher conceded only four points to the capable Swedish champion Anders Wahlstedt . |
| 10 | This is available at only four branches at the moment - Maidenhead , Chertsey , Archer Road Sheffield , and Purley Way , Croydon . |
| 11 | But it was only four years later that he became truly animated . |
| 12 | With only four D ring eyelets and three top hooks on each side , this makes the boot easier to slip on and off . |
| 13 | He took the theological honours examination , after a preparation of only four terms , in June 1927 and was placed in the first class . |
| 14 | Norway , excluding Svalbard , is a third as big again as the UK with a population of only four million , most of whom live in Oslo , a fine city with one of the best museum complexes in Europe . |
| 15 | Of full-time professionals playing for a major club like Sheffield United in 1934–5 only four out of twenty-one were on the maximum wage . |
| 16 | He was defeated only four times in a long career , ‘ retiring with a fortune of £70,000 , almost all of which was promptly lost for him ’ . |
| 17 | There were only four such papers in the 1880s , but eighteen in the 1890s and after 1900 they were ubiquitous — ‘ as much a part of the cultural scene as the gas-lamp and the fish-and-chip shop ’ . |
| 18 | PETER SCUDAMORE is now only four short of John Francome 's jumping record of 1,138 career winners after riding a short-priced double on Monaru and Huntworth , both trained by Martin Pipe , at Devon yesterday . |
| 19 | Twenty-seven of those came in the first match , against Pontypridd ; Bedford took a similar caning and Coventry only four points less . |
| 20 | And are you really sure you could do anything useful on a spreadsheet display only four cells by six ? |
| 21 | The panic which followed Mr Nigel Lawson 's departure from the Treasury has subsided , but tremors have been produced this week by tabloid press reports that Mr Nicholas Ridley , the Trade Secretary , regards Mrs Thatcher as a liability , leaving only four solid loyalists in Cabinet — Mr John Major , Mr David Waddington , Mr Cecil Parkinson and Mr Norman Lamont . |
| 22 | Only four dissenters supported the Survival Party . |
| 23 | ‘ On all other nights I ask only four questions , / but tonight I have another one : / How long will this circle of terror continue ? / Hunter and hunted , beater and beaten , / when will this madness end ? ’ |
| 24 | Once again the ground has ruined what promised to be a good contest and only four of the 15 entries go to post . |
| 25 | He claims there were only four turnstiles to admit thousands of Everton supporters and as a result he and his party were still queuing , in crushed conditions , at 3.10 . |
| 26 | Once again the ground has ruined what promised to be a good contest and only four of the 15 entries go to post . |
| 27 | Statistically , McClair rather than Hughes is the likely victim after only four goals this season — and the Scot has not scored since October . |
| 28 | Wdowczyk , after only four competitive matches , looks one of the best players to have come to the Premier Division in years . |
| 29 | The monthly magazine , founded in a garage by an American husband and wife , has a readership of 100million but will offer only four million shares outside the US . |
| 30 | It has only four combat aircraft — armed maritime reconnaissance aircraft — and no armed helicopters . |