Sentence examples for were number from inspiring English sources
noun
An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.
Crippling sanctions were number one.
That honour goes to McFly, who were number one last week.
It's important to monitor the numbers, but I personally find it less challenging than when there were number controls".
The last time Oasis released a decent album, John Major was PM, Nick Leeson was bringing down Barings Bank and Robson and Jerome were number one.
In business Scots professionals have turned the tables on the English amateurs, and accountants and engineers who were number twos have become number ones.
Hurley and Mr Nayar were number 17 on a list of 28 couples granted divorce orders by the judge today.
The other two groups were Number 10, defending southwestern England, and Number 13, defending northern England and all of Scotland.
Main recruitment outcomes were number overall and number of African Americans recruited by each strategy.
Individual level social factors were number of neighbours known and social participation.
The primary variables considered were number of layers of ferrocement mesh and amount of preloading.
"[We] were number one at the one thing you don't want to be number one at".
