Example sentences of "to be [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ross Drummond ( 72 ) was on 297 to be 44th , one ahead of Gary Orr ( 74 ) . |
| 2 | Although this turned out be the quietest piece of the whole site , at the far extreme a very small hammered coin came to light which looks to be 16th/17th century and of Italian or Papal States origin . |
| 3 | Inevitably the system has not been rigorously followed ; thus in the Great Bear the brightest star is not Alpha , but Epsilon , which really ought to be fifth , while in Orion , Rigel ( Beta Orionis ) is brighter than Betelgeux ( Alpha ) . |
| 4 | Julie , on her return , had her best finish ever in a British championship when she had closing rounds of 72 and 71 to be fifth in the Stroke-Play at Southerness . |
| 5 | They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls . |
| 6 | Four of the extra 21 community stations are vying to be first on the air . |
| 7 | ‘ We like to be first in everything , ’ Richard says . |
| 8 | There is a keen battle between these two to be first into their home port of Auckland . |
| 9 | Dot knew what she was really up to , waiting to be first with bad news . |
| 10 | The companies are keeping many details of their projects a secret while rushing to be first on the screen . |
| 11 | So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance . |
| 12 | I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class . |
| 13 | Each team 's goal is to determine what it would have to do to be first class and then to handle things its own way . |
| 14 | There on the green plateau , glistening in the sunshine , was a collection of various types of aircraft , mainly in what appeared to be first class condition . |
| 15 | He himself was considered too old for general naval duties so he began to teach these young folk to be first class fishermen . |
| 16 | The answer to these questions lies in the intense international rivalry to be first with fusion , a rivalry that persists to this day . |
| 17 | Instead , whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant , and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served , but to serve , and to give his life as a ransom for many ’ ' ( Matthew 20:25–28 ) . |
| 18 | Are you going to be first jockey for him next year ? ’ |
| 19 | He used his nimbleness to make sure he got onto the sofa first , and to be first upstairs at bedtime to claim his sleeping place . |
| 20 | The fact is Koi have a pecking order — not based on aggression , so much as a will to be first up to the pellets . |
| 21 | There has to be first aid as well as long-term treatment to world problems . |
| 22 | This time we were determined to be first . |
| 23 | John Lawton was master for this voyage , fresh from another ship but prudently bringing his own cook with him : it fell to Robert Titford to be first mate . |
| 24 | It would also show scientists as real people , with urges for power and glory , desirous to be first in the race and to win the prizes that this offered . |
| 25 | How there is rivalry , a desire to be first , but played out within established rules of conduct . |
| 26 | People fought to be first on , children were lifted through windows ; the scene was frighteningly chaotic . |
| 27 | And that is why Peter 's office decided long ago that he was not the person to be first to hear news about the latest software products . |
| 28 | It is in our primary schools that potential above the commonplace is likely to be first identified . |
| 29 | Whereas writers and even journalists aim to construct individual works , works that stand on their own , the only novelty allowed the scientist is to be first . |
| 30 | OPTICAL STORAGE SPECIALIST ALPHATRONIX CLAIMS TO BE FIRST WITH OPEN STORAGE MANAGEMENT |