Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul has an enviable record in both his sales and sales training performance , and he is endeavouring to become the fourth Fellow of the Professional Sales Guild . |
| 2 | Abroad , he has already attained a high respect internationally for the manner in which he is endeavouring to help the third world and to play a responsible part in eastern Europe . |
| 3 | Miss Boothroyd is seeking to become the first woman speaker . |
| 4 | Within the next few weeks , Sparc International Inc is going to release the next iteration of its interface definition for the Sparc RISC architecture . |
| 5 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 6 | For example , " What do you think about Mr Gorbachev ? " or " Who do you think is going to win the next election ? " |
| 7 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 8 | Computerworld interprets IBM 's willingness to make public its plans for OS/2 3.0 as the latest advance in the clash with Microsoft Corp : having lost out in the personal computer operating system game , where OS/2 is lagging far behind compared with MS-DOS and Windows , IBM is trying to position the next generation OS/2 competitively against Microsoft 's forthcoming NT operating system . |
| 9 | Joanne Conway , who is hoping to become the first woman for more than 20 years to win five successive titles , made a strong start at the Skate Electic British championships in Basingstoke . |
| 10 | Courtaulds Aerospace at Littleborough in the UK is hoping to become the first business in its industry to gain an award under the new Investors in People scheme which recognises training to national standards . |