Example sentences of "be [adv] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over that period there has been only a 10 per cent . |
| 2 | It must have been only a 7.65 that got him . |
| 3 | There are perhaps a dozen incredible places that you must see in the Orient . |
| 4 | The apartments are set against a mountain backdrop and the views are superb ; it 's hard to believe that the discos , lively bars and general hustle of Benitses are only a five to ten minute walk away . |
| 5 | It 's hard to believe the attractions and life of Benitses are only a five minute walk away , offering the best of both worlds . |
| 6 | But a final statistic captures even more eloquently the nature of the country : in all its million square miles , there are only a thousand miles of paved roads . |
| 7 | These attractive apartments are only a 10 minute walk from the long sandy beach and to the resort centre where bars , shops and restaurants and an excellent range of sports are to be found . |
| 8 | But there are only a hundred of them , poorly armed , standing against any army of 42,000 troops . |
| 9 | Lesser Bayonne is bourgeois and compact , and contains the town 's two unexpectedly good museums , the Musée Bonn at and the Musée Basque , which are only a hundred yards apart . |
| 10 | Westcott once employed a thousand people , now there are only a hundred and fifty , and today it was announced that they too would lose their jobs unless the factory could find substantial new orders . |
| 11 | Set in small attractive gardens , these captivating Club Exclusive studios are only a 20–25 minute walk from the hustle and bustle of Faliraki and its vast beach , yet , when you 've had enough for the night , you can turn in for some well-earned sleep ! |
| 12 | These good sized studios , all with private facilities and balconies are just a two minute walk from our hotel Venezia which contains two bars and a swimming pool with fantastic views over Faliraki . |
| 13 | The atmosphere is warm and friendly and the rooms are ideally located ; situated on the main avenue , they are just a five minute walk from the hustle and bustle of Kavos with all its shops , bars and discos . |
| 14 | La Penita is quite close to the centre of the resort — Joker 's disco and most of the bars and nightlife are just a 15 minute stroll away . |
| 15 | You 're only a two foot imp , cos er unlike me as a man being six foot |
| 16 | They 're only a five minute stroll away from the main resort centre with all its bars , restaurants and nightlife , and yet situated in a peaceful spot so you can get away from it all late at night . |
| 17 | So that means that er , in th the total we do have to pay in some way or another , is four thousand pounds with sixty but we 'll say we 've already got three thousand four hundred , if all the for , forty people go and they pay twenty five pounds each , that 's another thousand , so we 've got a I think I 've got it right , a , we 're only a hundred and sixty short . |
| 18 | And you 're only a hundred yards from her . |
| 19 | And if you do n't know it you 're not a hundred percent sure on book one |
| 20 | And yet I tell you what and if you go and play football on Sunday and you 're not a hundred percent fit from this cold you 've lost all next week as well . |
| 21 | So that number is the same as this one , they 're both whatever they mean , they 're both the same cos they 're both a hundred to the power half . |
| 22 | Even if they 're over a hundred thousand ? |
| 23 | You 're either a hundred per cent into it . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're never a thirty-two now , my girl . |
| 25 | There are always a thousand things to do . |
| 26 | So far , there 've been more a dozen such incidents across the region , but a psychologist who 's been studying them is warning that they 'll be difficult to stop . |
| 27 | There are also a dozen or so whitish spots about half-pinhead size . |
| 28 | If there are nearly a million of that age in 2001 , then almost 200,000 will be afflicted by that time . |
| 29 | There are nearly a thousand references , spanning the literature from palaeontology to molecular biology , much of it recent , but with good coverage of the eighteen and nineteenth centuries ( 12 references for ! ) and , perhaps most valuable , a survey of the extensive but scattered literature of the twentieth century . |
| 30 | There are nearly a hundred rooms , but most of them are shut and locked . |