Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are faults — which is where John McEnroe comes in — that are smoothed out by a second distillation . |
| 2 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 3 | It is true that employee numbers have been reduced by around an eighth over the last few years but only as a by-product of the printer 's massive £130m capital investment programme . |
| 4 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 5 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 6 | DUP MP Peter Robinson said selective internment should only be brought in as a last resort . |
| 7 | Referee Alf Buksh ignores the crowd 's calls for Hughes to be sent off after a 69th minute foul . |
| 8 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
| 9 | There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment . |
| 10 | The results were followed up at a second Latin American consultation which was held in São Leopoldo , Brazil , in July 1992 . |
| 11 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 12 | This is brought about by a third type of neurone , which forms synapses close to the synaptic terminals of the sensory cells . |
| 13 | This is followed up by a second editorial in the September issue in which Ms Ainsworth urges IoT members to use their influence ‘ to ensure that the examination proposals do not get support ’ . |
| 14 | They claim that by the time a pushchair is passed on to a second or third child it 's brakes are often defective . |
| 15 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 16 | This exercise was carried out by a third year group in a secondary school studying a cholera epidemic . |
| 17 | For walking scenes involving the full-size model , only the upper half appeared , making things easier for the puppeteer underneath , since the weight was reduced by about a third . |
| 18 | Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister on June 29 at the head of a CPI(M)-led government . |
| 19 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 20 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 21 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |
| 22 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 23 | Following the narrow victory of the Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) in the general election of May 28 [ see pp. 37448-49 ] , Eugenia Charles was sworn in for a third consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister and in early June announced sweeping changes to her Cabinet . |
| 24 | Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute . |
| 25 | Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham . |
| 26 | Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence . |