Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] as the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |
| 2 | She held posts in Northumberland and Dundee before being appointed as the first educational psychologist in Dumbarton . |
| 3 | But I must say I do n't expect to be seen as the next Mansell , but as the first Damon Hill . ’ |
| 4 | Magellan is to be ranked as the first navigator of ancient or modern times , and his voyage is the greatest single human achievement on the sea . |
| 5 | Out of all the many hundreds of 16th- and 17th-century wills that I have studied , his is the only one to include a reference to its writer 's age : its intimation that on 15 November 1622 he was in his 80th year allows 1992 or 1993 to be marked as the 450th anniversary of his birth . |
| 6 | Chevenement enjoyed 18 months ' political success , during which time he did well enough to be tipped as the next prime minister . |
| 7 | Historically , what has come to be known as the Third World has attracted only a tiny proportion of all the foreign investment that has taken place , while the economies of many poor countries , and even some rich ones , are commonly said to be dominated by foreign capital and/or foreign firms . |
| 8 | Innocent III himself by the bull " Vineam Domini " of April 1213 summoned a great council to meet at the Lateran in Rome on 1 November 1215 to be known as the Fourth Lateran Council . |
| 9 | John Miller , the son of a Jamaican father and English mother , aroused interest by being mooted as the first black player to represent England . |