Sentence examples for there were precisely from inspiring English sources

There were six planets, because there were precisely five regular bodies to be used in constructing the universe, corresponding to the five intervals between the planets.

When I grew up, there were precisely two places you could go to gamble: Atlantic City and Nevada.

As for Manhattan, there are precisely two.

As it happens, there is precisely such a person.

There are precisely two palms, a reluctant ambassadorial bow to the iconic tree of Southern California.

There are precisely 1,865 islands, according to Trudy Gagnon, a clerk at Hawn Memorial Library in Clayton.

There is precisely the same relationship between those two communities that their names would suggest.

There are precisely six people in the diner, eating breakfast and drinking coffee.

There are precisely zero nice things you can say about the mosquito.

According to COC Netherlands, there are precisely 40 local officials in the country today who refuse to register gay marriages.

There is precisely one woman in the top 100 busiest conductors list (Marin Alsop at no 70) and precisely zero women among the 100 most performed composers.