Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Just wait until you 're twenty-one in the summer , ’ he teased her , before turning back to speak to Wendell . |
| 10 | You and me , we 're three of a kind . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | £10 of your joint earnings if you 're one of a couple or |
| 13 | ’ You 're one of the organisation 's institutions , Andreas . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | " You 're one of the Whalbys , ae n't you ? |
| 16 | They 're one of the keys , best keys men in , a friend of mine . |
| 17 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |
| 18 | ‘ They 're one of the horrors of it . ’ |
| 19 | They 're one of the reasons I now make everyone come to me , rather than traipsing round the world . ’ |
| 20 | You 're one of the world 's thinkers . |
| 21 | Because what makes the Horde potentially extraordinary is that they 're one of the handful of Irish acts outside the inner star circle genuinely possessed of an unquenched desire to be more than musical tradesmen . |
| 22 | So at work you 're one of the lads . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're one of the survivors ? ’ |
| 24 | I mean , you 're one of the guests of honour and … ’ |
| 25 | Er very often Australian Aboriginal societies you meet men the corroborees at these ritual gatherings and if you 're one of the club , then in the ritual they 'll tell you , they 'll say hey , you know , you know you know you say where did you get all these kangaroos you know oh we got them over at the so and so ranges or down at the so and so water hole that 's where they all are this week , and this is very important information for man . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're not suggesting you 're one of the Apple Blossom Sisters ? ’ |
| 27 | We 're three-quarters of the way through our new LP , but it probably wo n't surface until next February . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Brian says they 're two of a kind . |
| 29 | We 're two of a kind , my girl ; you like it almost as much as I do — and no damage done , either . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Then we 're two of a kind , ’ he said encouragingly . |