Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had two training sessions , and five candidates are to be examined on the 28th October 1992 . |
| 2 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 3 | If the final syllable is of this type , the stress will usually be placed on the first syllable . |
| 4 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 5 | Er and I think we would all er acknowledge er the the precise difficulties of that wording and perhaps a , an amendment may need to be considered on the second line following the list of districts . |
| 6 | They can take some getting used to and a bit of furtive fumbling is to be expected on the first few occasions . |
| 7 | Now this agreement witnesseth that in consideration of the said John Weston Foakes paying to the said Julia Beer on the signing of this agreement the sum of £500 , the receipt whereof she doth hereby acknowledge in part satisfaction of the said judgment debt of £2,090 19s. , and on condition of his paying her or her executors , administrators , assigns or nominee the sum of £150 on the 1st day of July and the 1st day of January or within one calendar month after each of the said days respectively in every year until the whole of the said sum of £2,090 19s. shall have been fully paid and satisfied , the first of such payments to be made on the 1st day of July next , then she the said Julia Beer hereby undertakes and agrees that she , her executors , administrators or assigns , will not take any proceedings whatever on the said judgment . |
| 8 | On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit . |
| 9 | The ‘ King of the Mountains ’ prize may be decided on the 16th stage between St Etienne and La Bourboule , which ends with the Col de la Croix Morand ( 1401 metres ) and the Côte de Charlannes ( 1147 metres ) in the strange volcanic uplands of the Auvergne . |
| 10 | The permanent collection will be exhibited on the second floor of the Museum and its opening will come during the year when Madrid has been selected as the Cultural Capital of Europe . |
| 11 | Cos they 've got to be collected on the fourteenth you see . |
| 12 | In Switzerland 15% will be levied on the first SFr70,000 and in Hong Kong 15% on the first HK$400,000 . |
| 13 | Last year , the Chancellor broke from the simplified two-tier tax rate by introducing a 20p rate to be levied on the first £2,000 of taxable income . |
| 14 | Take the first away , and effects will be felt on the second . |
| 15 | They determined that the Lord 's Supper should be celebrated on the first Sabbath in August . |
| 16 | To kill off the prebendary , a reverend old man whose one hundredth birthday was going to be celebrated on the next Sunday , the second Sunday after Trinity , at St Andrew 's Church and just about everywhere else in Oxford … |
| 17 | The funeral liturgy included a mass for the dead , but to take full advantage of the memorial rite , masses had also to be sung on the third , seventh and thirtieth days following burial and , to complete the calendar of commemoration , the ‘ obit ’ : a mass sung on the first anniversary of the death . |
| 18 | Contemporary paintings from the same collection will be offered on the 18th and 19th of the month . |
| 19 | Most English politicians , on the other hand , seemed confident that Elizabeth would attempt to introduce a Protestant form of worship , although they were unsure whether it would be based on the first or second Edwardian Prayer Book . |
| 20 | This should be based on the first SSR but should reference the correct module , or all the modules on the SSR . |
| 21 | This should be based on the first SSR but should reference the correct module , or all the modules on the SSR . |
| 22 | At the end of the transcription there is an alternative fill for bar 5 of section A to be played on the 2nd time only . |
| 23 | The agreement for this should be reached on the second of November . |
| 24 | Next year the permanent collection will be redisplayed on the first floor while a new space will be constructed one floor above , for temporary exhibitions . |
| 25 | Here , the length will have to be marked on the last piece when it is in position and the excess cut off with a hacksaw . |
| 26 | A prospective employer 's interest will be focused on the last ten years approximately , so experiences before that can be telescoped into a short sentence or two . |
| 27 | Only three spare rooms were to be provided on the second floor of the Foreign Office , and none were to be provided in the War Department . |
| 28 | Facilities for all volunteers including those not in need of sleeping quarters will be provided on the first floor . |
| 29 | This enables water that has been used in the final rinse for previous dishes to be boosted on the next batch to clear off detergents . |
| 30 | The old gallery will be found on the first floor of the house ; previously on an outside wall facing East . |