Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 2 | Kingsley says he 's not sure whether the hunger is there to win for the second year . |
| 3 | Now she 's about to compete in the first ever round-the-world air race . |
| 4 | It has already bought two leading aerospace firms , Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union ( MTU ) and Dornier ; now it is about to pounce on the third and largest , Bavaria-based Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm ( MBB ) . |
| 5 | As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses . |