Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcomers are welcome to the group next term — but only if they 've had some experience of tap dancing . |
| 2 | Then , looking down at the book again , she went on , ‘ Are you sure she 'll be happy in the room next to mine ? ’ |
| 3 | Derby had nine players with first-team experience , while seven of Boro 's side will be eligible for the juniors next season . |
| 4 | John Major must secretly have been pleased at the way last week 's royal shocker deflected attention from the summit — the rest of us were just pleased to avoid being bored to death by this most tedious of Edinburgh festivals . |
| 5 | It was , I think , common cause among all of us who were involved in the talks last year , and who , I hope , will be involved in the talks in the future , that they are not peace talks per se ; they are talks about a political settlement , not only in terms of Northern Ireland but in terms of the relations between Northern Ireland and the republic and between Great Britain and the republic . |
| 6 | Behind the scenes , British diplomats in Seoul , Korea were furious at the way last night 's meeting was handled . |
| 7 | Dismissal and striking out ( save for want of prosecution ) are conditional on the court first having made an " unless " order , that is an order which sets a time limit for compliance after which an order for dismissal and striking out may be made ( Ord 22 , r 3 ) . |
| 8 | Anna slept so well that night that she did not notice the arrival of Griselda who , when she woke , was asleep on the pillow next to her face , but out of touching distance . |
| 9 | It was interesting in the pub last night . |
| 10 | Christie 's agent was unaware of the race last night but the sprinter announced on Friday he was shelving plans for a £250,000 race against Carl Lewis and — as Super Sport forecast last month — the clash will place next year . |
| 11 | What I hear , which was straight off the phone last night , is that the Dutch fans will team up with the English fans , and back the English fans on to the beach and they will try and drown a few of the English people and they will throw bombs at them . |
| 12 | Carla was cross-legged on the floor next to the coffee table on which she was playing Patience with Sara 's cards . |
| 13 | If all this was true before the invasion last year , it must also apply now to the Argentinian military procurement programme , to which Britain is contributing . |