Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All beginners are required to master the first kata before taking their first grading examination . |
| 2 | More thorough stock control completed the changed Southern scene as virtually all EMU units were renumbered to allow the first two digits to match their fleet status . |
| 3 | Informants were asked to circle the first SF element in the passage . |
| 4 | Also , subjects were asked to describe the first meeting with a close friend or partner ; in this case all the persons described in the account were found to be favourable and the account are being made in retrospect . |
| 5 | ‘ Looks as if Dora 's going to have the last laugh , ’ said Iris . |
| 6 | Year II of the core subjects is designed to develop the first year taxonomy of skills at a problem-solving and decisional level and to provide an integrative view of the office environment . |
| 7 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 8 | ‘ Rescuers are having to walk the last two or three miles carrying all their equipment . ’ |
| 9 | Late roses tumbled over stone walls , Michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums provided bright patches of colour , and the trees that surrounded the village were beginning to show the first hint of the glowing autumn colours still to come . |
| 10 | Computerworld interprets IBM 's willingness to make public its plans for OS/2 3.0 as the latest advance in the clash with Microsoft Corp : having lost out in the personal computer operating system game , where OS/2 is lagging far behind compared with MS-DOS and Windows , IBM is trying to position the next generation OS/2 competitively against Microsoft 's forthcoming NT operating system . |
| 11 | Miss Boothroyd is seeking to become the first woman speaker . |
| 12 | The child is required to memorise the next lesson in the centrally-prepared text-book , sufficiently to pass the next weekly , monthly or yearly test . |
| 13 | Its driver believes the coach was swerving to avoid a third vehicle . |
| 14 | After Rhydoldog , Jane was invited to undertake a second phase of decoration at Remaisnil and , as one of her first gestures , removed a series of framed modern posters which Bernard had positioned up the main stairway ; the focus of the hallway henceforth was a magnificent eighteenth-century Brussels tapestry . |
| 15 | Members of the Department of Social Anthropology and the Audio-Visual Aids Unit Cambridge are collaborating to make the first experimental videodisc at Cambridge University . |
| 16 | In a package to be put before the clubs , the League 's governing body are proposing to increase the First Division from 14 to 16 teams . |
| 17 | The body was found on the day that celebrations were held to mark the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Sharpness to Gloucester canal . |
| 18 | A control group were asked to name the first vegetable they thought of and another group were asked to recite ‘ fifteen times ’ fifteen times and then to name a vegetable . |
| 19 | With the dam wall now standing at 57 metres , this year 's monsoon is expected to flood the first few villages . |
| 20 | Rather they overlap and as one sound is produced the vocal apparatus is preparing to speak the next one . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be great , particularly as Milan is bidding to hold the next Olympic Games after Atlanta , ’ he suggests . |
| 22 | Although the medal was minted to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war , it received virtually no publicity . |
| 23 | The plaintiff was allowed to sue a second defendant , whose possible liability was revealed in the report more than three years after the accident . |
| 24 | Although he undoubtedly did not see it as such , what Jesus Christ was really doing was fighting to uphold the Second Choice as specified in this book . |
| 25 | A dog training scheme to help the deaf has been so successful that the organisers are having to open a second training centre . |
| 26 | The two finishing holes are designed to test the last reserves of the golfer 's confidence . |
| 27 | Three MXY6 canard gliders were built to test the tail-first concept of the Shinden . |
| 28 | Courtaulds Aerospace at Littleborough in the UK is hoping to become the first business in its industry to gain an award under the new Investors in People scheme which recognises training to national standards . |
| 29 | Another tree was planted to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Durham County WI . |
| 30 | The Tories were heading for disaster if they continued to delude themselves that only a little fine tuning of presentation was required to secure a fourth consecutive general election victory . |