Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . ) |
| 2 | MALCOLM ALLISON 'S return to English football with penniless Bristol Rovers could hardly be termed a last ride on the gravy train . |
| 3 | Substitution drills would also be used a first step in mastering the totally different topic system in Dusun which we discussed in 7.1.8 . |
| 4 | To these three names must now be added a fourth , Michael Dutton , who has produced new transfers using up-to-date technology which yield an astonishingly vivid quality of sound . |
| 5 | Network and relational database systems to which can now be added a fourth : |
| 6 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |