Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 2 | A similar exercise will also be carried out to fix the first review date in outstanding mandatory life sentence cases where this has not already been done . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , the Maritime school accept that our forces should be deployed primarily to support the First and Second Pillars , but argue that they must also be given the strategic mobility , equipment , and training to continue Britain 's global role as required by the Third Pillar . |
| 4 | Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room . |
| 5 | De Gaulle knew that collaborators around the Vichy prime minister Pierre Laval were trying desperately to resuscitate the Third Republic as a way of saving their own skins and forestalling a Gaullist takeover . |
| 6 | The depletion of stocks of minerals and fossil fuel is done mainly to satisfy the First World 's boundless greed for gadgetry , and to encourage the Third World to follow its degrading example . |
| 7 | Then each ganger was taught how to range the first curve he would be working on . |
| 8 | Like most romances involving ten year olds , it was destined not to last the fifth grade . |
| 9 | After further discussion a small group consisting initially of Eileen , Maureen , Crawford and Leah , was set up to plan the next such gathering . |
| 10 | She was determined not to make the first move . |