Example sentences of "[be] [num] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they are , because there 're two things in them , they 're quite strong . |
| 2 | When you 've made your offer , there are three things to do : get the mortgage finalised , exchange contracts , and complete the purchase . |
| 3 | There are three things you must not do |
| 4 | He tells us that there are three things he does not think acupuncture can cure : existential Angst , low self-esteem and love sickness . |
| 5 | What you actually have to absorb are three things . |
| 6 | There are three things too wonderful for me , |
| 7 | There are three things to look for in a story : the characters , the plot and the style of telling the story . |
| 8 | So there are three things that we 've talked about then . |
| 9 | ‘ There are three things , actually . ’ |
| 10 | There are three things to note about this case . |
| 11 | So there are three things we want from er to er for a complete deal . |
| 12 | When the honourable gentleman said I gave no information I said I intended to talk about jobs and in this country we believe , we believe that er there are three things very important a at this forthcoming summit . |
| 13 | There are 5 things wrong in the wood . |
| 14 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 15 | The hope that at least the disappearance of the Party might be one thing to emerge from a lost war was said in one report to be more widespread in rural areas than appeared to be so on the surface . |
| 16 | It would be one thing if all pork went up in price , but if European producers still use old methods , they will undercut farmers here . |
| 17 | Even so , to understand the chemistry of the corneal glycocalyx would be one thing , but to produce a truly biomimetic surface is quite another . |
| 18 | It seems to be one thing ( and a wrong thing by the Bill of Rights ) , to impeach or question proceedings in Parliament ; it seems to be quite another to ask a House to confirm whatever it is necessary to confirm in order to ascertain what the House has resolved . |
| 19 | It 'd be one thing less for Neil to worry about . ’ |
| 20 | A quality , indeed , in the custom of language , does not admit of individuality : it is supposed to be one thing common to many ; which , being explained , means that it is the name of a resemblance among our sensations , and not a name of the individual sensations which resemble . |
| 21 | Someone who thought there must be one thing that makes the difference might say it was an impression of familiarity . |
| 22 | Yet it did not require much imagination to see that it could only be one thing : the so-called " rice-water " fluid from a cholera patient , which Dr McNab claimed was so deadly . |
| 23 | If I could just remember her , as she was , that might be one thing less to be scared about . |
| 24 | It 's a bit early , but that 'll be one thing less for you to worry about . ’ |
| 25 | It could only be one thing , a Fax machine . |
| 26 | Well perhaps in the future that it might be one thing that you might want to lift up and develop as time goes on well done mate . |
| 27 | Because it will be one thing less to do |
| 28 | I think that would be one thing we would do . |
| 29 | Yeah well I du n no I 'm dreading the Easter holidays cos I 've got like erm we 're probably gon na have about two hundred pieces of coursework to mark over Easter then there 's , and they 're sort of you know projecty things and things like that erm and then there 's first week next term there 's like all these second year social , which is well over a hundred of them plus about forty final year projects will come in , plus about I 'm hoping it 'll only be twenty things from Loughborough but it might be as many as , as fifty if the other person gives me all their marking er as they have , they 've given some indication that they will |
| 30 | There are five things that employers can provide for people affected by change — full information , imagination , time , emotional and practical support , and money . |