Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | External and internal war produced their victims , of whom Makarenko 's stray youths were but one example . |
| 2 | Finally he pointed out to his mother that there were but two keys to the room and the Shills had one each . |
| 3 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 4 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
| 5 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 6 | All I knew was that one afternoon while I was at the office in London someone poured petrol through my letter-box at Seaview , along with a note warning me that if I did n't get out of G.W. Fashions there would be other similarly unpleasant incidents to look forward to , and that next time the petrol would be accompanied by a lighted rag . ’ |
| 7 | One possibility which did not exist for Franca , since something in her had already killed it dead , was that one day Jack might tire of Alison , or Alison of Jack . |
| 8 | The old reductionist 's vision was that one day when we knew enough about genes we would be able to predict every detail of every adult 's behaviour . |
| 9 | My worst fear was that one day she would come to the forge and see me working as a common blacksmith , with black face and hands . |
| 10 | The theory behind the stock editor approach was that one person ( or group of people ) working full time on the bookstock could achieve a more penetrating and unified approach , and that the stock editor could pay more detailed attention to such matters as checks on withdrawals , coverage of specialist reviews , and the perusal of lists of secondhand books . |
| 11 | ‘ What shocked me was that one wall could make such a difference , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The result was that one Michał Drzymała , who purchased land in Wolsztyn , circumvented the rules only by living in a caravan for nearly ten years . |
| 13 | And the farther away they were , the more likely it was that one tribe would dominate the district . |
| 14 | Another 15-year-old youth , arrested for an entirely separate offence — pushing people off the pavement — was also subsequently charged , and the upshot was that five youths ( including one 15-year-old girl ) received prison sentences ranging from three weeks to six months . |
| 15 | The result was that 15 years later the plaster was loose and needed replacement . |
| 16 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |
| 17 | Elice , ever a harbinger of gloom , was ready to point out that Athena Gardens was but one sector of Arcady . |
| 18 | The movies were advancing on several fronts and the social theme was but one strand in a more complex whole . |
| 19 | At that time it was but one element in the whole decision-making process of what was I going to do with my life . |
| 20 | No , since there was but one way in , by that way he must go . |
| 21 | There was but one saviour for Europe , in Joyce 's view , and he made no secret that Mosley was not the man . |
| 22 | It was a part of the prophecy of disintegration and chaos to be expected in the latter days ; within that context it was but one detail in a large picture , but here it was all , it was an answer . |
| 23 | For Mrs Whitehouse the case was but one step in the attempt to preserve our ‘ national morality ’ and our ‘ culture ’ . |
| 24 | The school was but one institution in a network created to educate , employ and entertain those members of the British nobility who had the inclination to live as courtiers . |
| 25 | ( Quite conceivably the conquistadores , like most colonial conquerors , believed in policies of divide-and-rule , of which this small conflict was but one example . ) |
| 26 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 27 | Marsh 's appointment was but one aspect of an evangelical ‘ saturation ’ of pulpits in the city in the 1820s and 1830s . |
| 28 | Thus , for at least one member of the coordinating committee the project was but one stage in a long-term plan for radically heightening both the performance and the visibility of the school library service . |
| 29 | The collapse of the shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji throne was but one effect , from which a myriad of others flowed : the revival of Japanese nationalism and her imperial designs , the invasion of China , the florid plans for a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere , the bombast and cruelty of the Pacific War , the creation in America of the atomic bomb , its eventual use over the two great cities of Kyushu , and Japan 's consequent defeat , post-war disgrace , ruin and decay . |
| 30 | The young man ( he was but sixteen years old at the time ) was fighting for justice , for the claim of his father , Edward III , to the throne of France . |