Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [be] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | They are claimed to be the first ever to enable system administrators to monitor and manage all their computing resources — computers , networks , and relational database applications — from one central management console . |
2 | Carriers are expected to be the first users of the interface since it will significantly reduce the cost of building a new Frame Relay network or of extending an existing Frame Relay network . |
3 | Skincare , including cleansers and moisturisers , are expected to be the next big growth area . |
4 | The UK had been expected to be the second largest customer for the NFR90 , after the USA . |
5 | This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind . |
6 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
7 | We 're going to be the first men at the South Pole , and that flag is going to be first , too ! ’ |
8 | The sign said this fillin' station we 're comin' to is the last one for thirty miles . |
9 | The moves to stem wildcat stoppages , condemned by unions and the Labour Party and the independent Industrial Society — are thought to be the first time ministers have sought to legislate against the individual . |
10 | All three of you are going to be the first victims of the Kershaw Worm . ’ |
11 | The main thing to remember when looking for your first gigs is that promoters , bookers and pub landlords are n't bothered whether you are going to be the next U2 . |
12 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
13 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
14 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
15 | I 'm going to be the last , ’ he warned , a serious note creeping into his voice . |
16 | The sites and forms of these have constantly been changing , so that often what appears as a nucleated village around a green can be shown to be the last , and a relatively late , development in the landscape . |
17 | I was surprised to note a major historical inaccuracy in your excellent article ‘ The Democrats ' dilemma ’ ( April 20th ) , when you state ‘ Mr Bush might be flattered to be the first unopposed president . ’ |
18 | You frivolously suggest that Mr Bush might be flattered to be the first unopposed president . |
19 | This house and Palazzo Durini ( see page 126 ) are believed to be the first two town houses to have been built in the city after the population had been decimated by plague in 1630 , when , it was thought , as many as 70,000 Milanese died . |
20 | The stations , designed by British scientists , are believed to be the first satellite-linked automatic weather stations . |
21 | The authorities in California are conducting investigations into the skiing and rafting accidents which are believed to be the first of their kind in the state . |
22 | Through the club magazine , Tryline , it will also be an additional communication vehicle for their work and Will Carling has been asked to be the first honorary president of the club as he lead the very team which embodies the aspirations of the club itself . |
23 | The Mechonoids were intended to be the next ‘ big thing ’ from Doctor Who after the Daleks . |
24 | If confirmed by official figures , this will be an 80 per cent reduction on 1987 's figure , when carbon emissions from burning rain forest were said to be the third largest contributor to the greenhouse effect . |
25 | By 1991 , the Levellers , then without a chart hit to their name , were said to be the fourth most bankable live band in the country . |
26 | Although the Somerset levels is one of the strongholds of the country 's 3,000 barn owls , the pair were believed to be the first to breed in Avon for six years . |
27 | At one time , it had been rumoured that he was being groomed to be the next Commissioner . |
28 | It is intended to be the first in a family of products — Amstrad suggests an A4 colour version for architects , a desktop feature-phone with pen-screen , and in-car version with built in CD that would project the user 's position on a map through data collected by global positioning satellite . |
29 | The project will therefore seek to identify the main implications of the trend towards the Regulatory State and is intended to be the first step towards a major research programme investigating the potentials and problems of regulation in practice across the whole spectrum of what we used to describe as the Welfare State . |
30 | Companion is claimed to be the first complete system to conform fully to the CT2 Common Air Interface CAI standard . |