Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 2 | The part of the boy Miles , is sung by Sam Burkey , a 12 year-old who has been tipped as the next Aled Jones ; he 's already sung the part with the English National Opera . |
| 3 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
| 4 | They are seen as the last surviving areas of untouched wildlife . |
| 5 | In this process electrons are pumped into the first excited atomic level by absorbing light from a laser tuned to the correct frequency . |
| 6 | And they 're looking for the first little thing ! |
| 7 | Entries are invited for the Fifth Annual PA Awards for Innovation in Building Design and Construction . |
| 8 | Agreement on the establishment of the AFTA had been reached at the fourth ASEAN summit held in Singapore in January 1992 [ see p. 38729 ] . |
| 9 | boundary changes that we would like to have the full panoply of o o of inquiry a as the honourable gentleman knows , the the timetable was short here and what we had to do was to follow the model , er that had been provided by the last Labour government in seventy eight when it had a similarly tight timetable , took a similarly er er period , similarly short period of time er for the reviews and where erm the normal enquiries had to be dispensed with . |
| 10 | The bus industry and transport education and training are two of the three major topics on which urgent recommendations are focused in the Sixth Annual Report of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee ( DPTAC ) , published in October 1992 . |
| 11 | These are linked to the first new component of the family , the OpenServer Directory Exchange Server , DXS , which provides a centralised repository of all user addresses on the network , and is responsible for propagating this information to the other electronic mail systems . |
| 12 | The prize will be given to the first correct entry ( which should be sent to by ) and we 'll print the answers in the next issue . |
| 13 | Aim for the knoll of Little Ingleborough where a path coming up from Gaping Gill will be joined for the last easy half-mile to the summit . |
| 14 | Glasgow has marketed itself as a city which rejoices in diversity , but will it be singing about the first homosexual festival ? |
| 15 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 16 | But a plan to bring ‘ political awareness ’ into data processing — which will be developed at the next major IBI conference in Havana next year — is creating controversy . |
| 17 | Specific proposals will no doubt be contained in the first joint spending and budget announcement in late autumn . |
| 18 | I am presently considering what measures should be included in the first Welsh Agri-Environment Plan and will consult widely about them in due course . |
| 19 | Questionnaires received after 8 November are being added to the data file , and revised estimates of key variables will be included in the second interim report In June 1985 , along with information from the planned follow-up study . |
| 20 | Reports that golf will not be included in the next Olympic Games were denied at a conference staged during a busy week . |
| 21 | Since taking the post , Susan has benefited from training offered by the local authority and will be applying for the next supervisory post that is available . |
| 22 | This same feeling should be carried into the first welcome meeting which should set the tone in the way that gospel singer George Beverly Shea did for Billy Graham . |
| 23 | Chevenement enjoyed 18 months ' political success , during which time he did well enough to be tipped as the next prime minister . |
| 24 | Elaborating later at a news conference , Mr Levy said Mr Shamir had assured him in writing that he would retain his positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister , and one of his followers would be named to the next Likud-led government . |
| 25 | That shows that both the president 's National Party ( NP ) and the ANC intend to be prepared for the first non-racial elections for a constituent assembly ; it is also a clear sign that both of them are sure that they can convince the other parties that the path they have laid down is the one to follow . |
| 26 | The plenum , which was described as " stormy " , decided that a formal CPSU stance on the question of CPL independence would be adopted at the next central committee plenum ( scheduled for late January but subsequently deferred until February ) , to be based on assessments made as a result of Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania . |
| 27 | Brigit , 45 , will be seen in the first commercial this week playing a mum worried about her daughter going to university for the first time . |
| 28 | What Ho himself understood by Marxism at this stage can perhaps best be seen in the first Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary text : The Road to Revolution , published in 1926 . |
| 29 | Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February . |
| 30 | The intention was for students to complete a short initial destinations questionnaire as they approached the end of their course , and it was suggested that this might be done in the last formal course session , or when projects were handed in ( if appropriate ) . |