Example sentences of "be [verb] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 3 | ( 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 " . ) |
| 4 | Classic movie-star style also crops up at Hope And Glory , who are opening a second shop in the new Thomas Neal development in Covent Garden at the end of September . |
| 5 | The adoption of standards by TDWG networking and the first steps towards ‘ taxonomically intelligent ’ integrity checking are enabling a second generation to appear . |
| 6 | Another Harlequin , Everton Davis , has been seeking a second opinion on the knee injury that forced him out of last month 's England training session . |
| 7 | So Dr Palcic and his team are developing a second test to help decide who might benefit from their first test — they are trying to determine whether a patient might have signs of lung cancer by looking at cells coughed up in his sputum . |
| 8 | The event , which has been one of the most successful new launches in recent years , is now in jeopardy for the coming season , although both the RYA and James Capel are seeking a last minute sponsor . |
| 9 | The usual approach to discussion on the role of armaments in modern Marxist literature has been to allocate a third department of production specifically for such production . |
| 10 | you 're given a second chance . |
| 11 | When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye . |
| 12 | So , you know , they 're taking a second mortgage , not a first mortgage , because we 've already mortgaged it . |
| 13 | He 'd been offered a second chance of salvation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 16 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 17 | But in competitive equilibrium prices are performing a second role . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 20 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The independence of republics within existing borders would be recognized , if the republics wished it , and minorities would be given a second nationality and their own schools and legislature . |
| 24 | Now this means that the sponsor of the bill , Allan , brothers , pro proposes that the debate be closed and the bill be given a second reading . |
| 25 | They would be given a 15-second credit at the start of each programme , 10 seconds at the end and the chance to screen their name either side of the break ! |
| 26 | Juron almost seemed to be enjoying a second adolescence in company with his Scouts , while yet remaining devoutly responsible . |
| 27 | To these should be added a third consideration , transparency . |
| 28 | To these should be added a third group , which are not so abundant in terms of volume , but which are equally important . |
| 29 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 30 | In his post match press conference Tony Jacklin also chose to stress the marvellous atmosphere the match had been held in before going on to reiterate that he would n't be serving a fifth term as Captain . |