Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AUSTRALIAN David Richards is expected to be named the first full-time chief executive of the International Cricket Council in February . |
| 2 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 3 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 4 | Spurred by the competitive market , Intel is thought to be pitching the first P5 boxes at $6,000 : the company has reportedly priced the P5 at around $700 in 1,000 quantities versus the 80486DX which goes for $536 , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 5 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 6 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
| 7 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |
| 8 | Saturday 's abandoned match at Morley will probably have to be played the next week , followed by the trip to Liverpool St Helens on the final Saturday of the season . |
| 9 | Then he had to remember that even after the rounds had been allocated and the stetches accounted for , he still had to include the acre or so of headland , the land on the outside of the field where the ploughs turned , which had to be ploughed the last of all . ’ |
| 10 | San Diego , California-based Metrosoft claims to be developing the first commercial multitrack MIDI audio software for NeXT workstations : MetroTracks can accommodate up to 32 virtual tracks , eight of which can be mixed simultaneously depending on hardware configuration , is compatible with most third party audio products supported by NeXT , cost starts from $600 and ships in September . |
| 11 | Poet Software Corp , Santa Clara claims to be showing the first object-oriented database system running under Microsoft Corp 's NT in the shape of Version 2.0 of the company 's Poet object database . |