Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly before the joint statement was issued , Coopers & Lybrand became what is thought to be only the second US firm to file a countersuit against a former client . |
| 2 | I I 'm likely , er to be away the last two weeks in August , and David 's going to be away the last week in August and the first of September , were n't you ? |
| 3 | But trapping appears to be only the second line of defence . |
| 4 | But if one looks for Britain 's centre of gravity , it is found to be nearer the first in each pair of choices above . |
| 5 | This error proved to be nearly the last straw needed to break his credit , since he had raised every cent he could in order to invest in land for building . |
| 6 | Lily was on the point of having what might yet prove to be only the first stage of a thoracoplasty . |