Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remains our conviction that the umpires have done their conscientious best throughout the summer , and that only ‘ line decisions ’ ( run-outs , stumpings , boundary incidents ) should be referred to a third umpire who has a TV playback monitor . |
| 2 | A further 60 seats would be filled by a second vote in which electors would express their preference for political parties rather than individual candidates , with the seats being distributed in accordance with the proportion of the vote achieved by each party . |
| 3 | He never supposed a bus might recur in his life , to be travelled in a second time , with a recognisable darn in its upholstery . |
| 4 | These parameters require an injured State to be distinguished from a third State for the purposes of defining the accountability of the wrong-doer and the rights of other States . |
| 5 | You may be recalled for a second interview or apply to the same place some time in the future . |
| 6 | Like a young Kenny Dalglish , Jess was involved in every aspect of Scotland 's play and must now be regarded as a first choice . |
| 7 | My believe is what P P G is inviting local authorities to do is be cautious in proposing them , they should not be regarded as a first option , or an easy option , they should be cautious in proposing them . |
| 8 | If they can not afford to have one installed , this should be regarded as a first priority and paid for by their children if they can afford it , which is often quite possible if there is a willingness on their part to make some small economy in their own spending each month . |
| 9 | Perhaps smacking should be regarded as a last resort and even then as something of a failure in communication between parent and child . |
| 10 | The cash value to be placed upon a first appointment as writer or cadet is uncertain , for it obviously depended upon the number of years in which a candidate would draw the salary , but contemporaries no doubt took the possibility of an early death from disease into account when they spoke of a value of £1,000 . |
| 11 | The facilitated interview may be appropriate in certain circumstances but should be treated as a second stage . |
| 12 | Because of the significant skill differential between insiders and outsiders , insiders can be treated at a first approximation as monopolists . |
| 13 | In particular , this means that the placement with a parent , relative , friend or person connected with the child should be considered as a first option unless this would not be reasonably practicable or consistent with the child 's welfare ( s23(6) ) . |
| 14 | In January 1984 , the Chairman of the ESRC visited Belfast and announced that a further £480,000 was to be committed for a second phase of the programme . |
| 15 | So I suggest that they also be omitted from a first reading , leaving chapters 1–5 and 8–13 inclusive . |
| 16 | The new information on the inefficiency of bleach , alongside the trends indicated by our London data , suggests that household bleach should only be recommended as a last resort in the absence of sterile syringes and only then at full strength ( 5.25% sodium hypochlorite ) . |
| 17 | As security it was agreed that Mr. O'Brien would guarantee the payment by the company of its indebtedness and that his liability under the guarantee would be secured by a second charge over the house which was believed to have an equity of about £100,000 . |
| 18 | Usually , plaquettes are approximately the same area as thin sections : they may often be prepared as a first step in section-making . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , they have to be embraced as a first step in understanding the limits to where Africa may be in another twenty-five or even fifty years . |
| 20 | It would , in my opinion , in many ways be more logical for an application to be released from custody on the ground of non-service or delayed service of a committal notice to be made to a first instance judge rather than direct to this court . |
| 21 | When a payment is required to be made to a third party ( trader , government , etc. ) the bank depositor draws , i.e. writes , a cheque on his bank payable to the third party . |
| 22 | The parties therefore need to have agreed that , where they can not agree on the identity of an expert , the appointment may be made by a third party . |
| 23 | Now they appear to be looking to a Second Division centre forward to do the business . |
| 24 | The single charge upon which Barry was convicted alleged that he had possessed cocaine between Nov. 7 and Nov. 10 , 1989 , an offence which carried a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000 , although it was extremely rare for a prison sentence to be imposed for a first offence of this nature . |
| 25 | Article 35 allows an obligation to be imposed upon a third State if the parties so intend , and the third party accepts it in writing.139 — The juridical basis for the third party 's obligation would appear therefore to be an ancillary ( or collateral ) agreement in writing . |
| 26 | AV 4300s can be upgraded with a second CPU for £5,400 , doubling the power from 29 to 58 MIPS for less than half the cost of the original machine , according to DG . |
| 27 | Underpinning should only be accepted as a last resort when all other reasonable options have been considered . |
| 28 | The Iranian , Syrian and Turkish governments were also reported to be concerned that the elections in Iraqi Kurdistan should not be seen as a first move towards the creation of an independent Kurdish state . |
| 29 | Others , however , including many of the heads of government who attended the conference , stressed that it should be seen as a first step towards sustainable development , and a welcome acknowledgement both of the seriousness of the problem and of the fact that global co-operation was needed to overcome it . |
| 30 | Others however , including many of the heads of state and government who attended the conference , argued that it should be seen as a first step on the road to sustainable development , a welcome acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem , and of the fact that global co-operation was needed to tackle it . |