Example sentences of "be [vb pp] that [indef pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , adjusting the figures to take account of those whose area of residence was not known , it can be calculated that one in ten youths on the most affected estate were known heroin users during 1984–5 . |
| 2 | Perhaps a couple are looking at one another in a different light — it is to be remembered that one in three marriages now ends in divorce . |
| 3 | Thus it has been estimated that one in four women who lose their jobs do not appear in the monthly claimant count . |
| 4 | By the time Chiang fell upon his Chinese communist rivals and destroyed the Canton commune in the spring of 1927 , and thus terminated the League 's existence also , it has been estimated that something like 200 ‘ graduates ’ of Ho 's Canton course had returned to Vietnam and although many of them were arrested , it was a significant infusion to be added to what might be called the natural sources of discontent . |
| 5 | It is anticipated that one in five Britons will be carers by the turn of the century . |
| 6 | It is estimated that one in three people will develop cancer at some stage in their lives . |
| 7 | In Glasgow , for instance , it 's estimated that one in five men never eats vegetables of any kind and one third of the population never knowingly consumes fruit . |
| 8 | It 's estimated that one in three of us will end up caring for someone . |
| 9 | During a debate , the party was reminded that one in 20 Labour members is under 25 years old while the average age of the party is 45 . |
| 10 | It was found that one in 15 among 200 people with odour problems investigated had a condition called trimethylaminuria — or fish odour syndrome . |