Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 32 | ‘ Celtic fans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club 's European Cup triumphs and will be looking for more success . |
| 33 | THE organisers of the Smithwick 's Boston Floodlit Cup are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the competition this year . |
| 34 | The hypothetical new force has been called the fifth force . |
| 35 | Nobody was yet greatly concerned about the poverty of what had just been called the Third World . |
| 36 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 37 | THE BFSS , in conjunction with The Game Conservancy Trust and The Lords Taverners , are holding the second Countryside Race Day on Newmarket 's Rowley Mile course on Saturday . |
| 38 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 39 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 40 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
| 41 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
| 42 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 43 | Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots . |
| 44 | I remind him that it hit Grimsby bitterly between 1979 and 1981 , and now we are having a second dose of it , with the loss of Findus Ltd. and 900 jobs , and the shrinking of labour forces by major employers . |
| 45 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 46 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 47 | When you are doing the first draft , label as many points on the axes as possible . |
| 48 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 49 | Digital Equipment France SA and Paris 's showpiece impressionist museum , the converted railway station Musee d'Orsay , has been demonstrating the first piece of their collaboration on a worthy prototype application of multimedia technology , ‘ Learn to See . ’ |
| 50 | Two officers are examining the first floor right now ; there is some ivy . ’ |
| 51 | But in competitive equilibrium prices are performing a second role . |
| 52 | China has been observing the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the first opium war . |
| 53 | Once you are starting the second year at the school you see faces that are familiar and through brothers and sisters who are in the years above you get to know them . |
| 54 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 55 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 56 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 57 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 58 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 59 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 60 | Payne , who three-putted the seventeenth was fortunate to be given a second chance by Gillner , who looked set to gain his first senior win when he required two par 4s at the seventeenth and eighteenth . |