Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editors do think explicitly about timing and they are not motivated merely to be the first to print a ‘ scoop ’ : they keep stories until the time is ripe . |
| 2 | She began with my mother , attempted unsuccessfully to go on to me and now feels Alexandra is old enough to be the next victim . |
| 3 | War was only to be a last resort . |
| 4 | Ramsay MacDonald , soon to be the first Labour prime minister , was one of its graduates . |
| 5 | Rostov was determined not to be the first to turn away . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , many hoteliers are still puzzling over the more confusing clauses , vowing not to be the first to test them through the courts . |
| 7 | ‘ There is a crisis in Marxism ’ , Sartre announced at the beginning of the Critique ; this crisis , not the first and not to be the last , Sartre characterized as the result of a paradox in which historical materialism had become ‘ at one and the same time , the only truth of History and a total indetermination of the Truth ’ ( I , 19 ) . |
| 8 | It was not to be the last time . |
| 9 | It was not to be the last . |
| 10 | This week Kevin Morris from Cheltenham set off to be the 424th and the very first to do it backstroke . |
| 11 | He has the distinction of being among Britain 's 100 richest men , and also of being the first man to be kicked out of Lloyd 's — in 1982 for ‘ discreditable conduct ’ . |
| 12 | Fairbrother was another Kumble victim , skying a catch to mid-off to be sixth out and playing the shot of a man fed up with being the last recognised batsman caught in a hopeless position . |
| 13 | This appointment was unique , and was the only instance of its kind — it was also to be the last for over a century , because Edward A. Kirk was deaf . |
| 14 | Two is set up to be a second clean channel , while three offers a ‘ crunch rhythm ’ facility and so an overdrive rotary joins the Lo and Hi EQ here . |
| 15 | Vial was invited to supervise the autopsy , which was performed ( whether in part or as a whole is not clear ) by Edmund Bond ( later to be the first pupil to obtain a certificate from the medical examining committee of the London Veterinary College in 1794 ) . |
| 16 | Here a building is shown which was probably the old Vicarage , later to be the first Halling school . |
| 17 | At least , she could understand him for her uncle , later to be the 6th Duke , was deaf as well . |
| 18 | In fact it turned out to be a second mortgage . |
| 19 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 20 | In seminars held there last Thursday and Friday two groups of scientists announced what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN 's greatest discovery yet , a particle known simply by the letter W. If proven the discovery will vindicate all those who pushed for the means to make it possible . |
| 21 | So , as I have recounted already , there came into being The Perfect Murder , which turned out to be the first of my books to be published in America . |
| 22 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |
| 23 | The film was made in 1987 and turned out to be the last chance for outsiders to trace the old route to China before Burma 's political blow-up of 1988 . |
| 24 | I wondered as we strolled across the lawn whether he might not in fact turn out to be the last King of Tonga , the final member of a brief and moderately distinguished dynasty . |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , for some reason Heather wanted to know all about the last time Clare had been here , which , as it happened , I remembered very well , not just because it turned out to be the last I ever saw of her , but on account of something odd that had occurred . |
| 26 | This turned out to be the last time The Committee saw a race course until this season and On The Other Hand then lost his form after his Leopardstown Chase win . |
| 27 | In fact , unbeknown to them , Franco had played a crucial role in the failure of what turned out to be the last of these , in September 1936 , shortly before his elevation to the position of Head of State . |
| 28 | In 1983 another massive crop occurred — this was again met with joy , although the Champenois would certainly have been dismayed had 1984 turned out to be the third consecutive bumper year . |
| 29 | Here the agent is investing in the small artist , trusting the manager 's judgement that this act should go on to be the next big thing . |
| 30 | She might seem remote to new readers when she talks proudly about being the last family at school to get a TV set , and the books open on the table at mealtimes in her parent 's house . |