Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 32 | Then after lunch I will be giving the first of our seminars on marketing and salesmanship , with particular reference to leisure services and luxury products , to be followed by a discussion and work in groups . ’ |
| 33 | Madam Gopal Singh , film writer and lecturer at Delhi University will be giving the Third Focus Forum keynote speech and introducing a screening SUBARNAREKHA . |
| 34 | Christie 's on 15 April will be offering the first part of one of the most famous private armouries ( or Gewehrkammer ) to remain in Germany . |
| 35 | Paid by the job , when he finally knocks off , he has no idea if he will be working the next morning . |
| 36 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 37 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 38 | Sometimes an impacted basket can be delivered the next day , when the ampullary oedema subsides . |
| 39 | In general , mistakes here are small , and can be corrected the next year . |
| 40 | To these can be added the fourth century examples already mentioned , which clearly indicate some level of extra-mural contraction . |