Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 2 | Most of the cast 'll be starkers for the second half . ’ |
| 3 | STUART SURRIDGE , who died aged 74 at his home in Wimbledon on Monday , wrote in his diary when appointed captain of Surrey in 1952 that the county would be champions for the next five years . |
| 4 | While this may be socially desirable in the LFA , until the reduction and partial elimination of capital grants in December 1984 , there were fears that pastures and meadows ( hitherto traditionally managed ) , small wetlands and areas of rough grazing on small farms in the UK uplands would be subject for the first time to agricultural intensification . |
| 5 | Which is what I shall be doing for the next three months . |
| 6 | E W Swanton writes : Alec Bedser has recorded how , before W S Surridge started his first season as captain , he made this entry in his diary : ‘ Surrey will be champions for the next five years . ’ |
| 7 | Instead , the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards . |
| 8 | A similar comparison of 1984 and 1992 child benefit rates , taking into account the increase in earnings , shows that the benefit from next April should be £12.55p per child ; instead it will be £9.65p for the first child and only £7.80p for each subsequent child . |