Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently many members are voted in only the second or third time round and he too could have waited quietly to be elected next time . |
| 2 | With the passing of time , Greek silver coins tended to have a wider diameter and lesser thickness , and a glance at the general appearance of a coin will enable it to be assigned to either the fifth to fourth centuries or the second to first centuries BC ( compare figs. 9 and 6 ) . |
| 3 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 4 | Subsequently borrowings were repaid in both the third and fourth quarters , from a combination of a reduction in liquid resources and the measures taken to return to a positive cash flow . |
| 5 | It is shortened to just the second and third phrases , both of which are cadentially ‘ open ’ , and so what had been a self-sufficient arch shape is turned into continuous , open-ended variative repetition ( see Ex. 1.2 ) . |