Example sentences of "be [verb] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to some reports Li 's speech had been revised at the last moment to bring it in line with the current Dengist campaign . |
| 2 | A HUGE open-air concert has been cancelled at the last minutes over cash wrangles . |
| 3 | If one wishes to interview a client , one has to give notice about a week in advance , and sometimes interviews are cancelled at the last minute on the diktat of whoever is running Brixton prison . |
| 4 | Representatives from the 51 member states , including 29 Presidents and 10 Prime Ministers , discussed an agenda which had been prepared at the 55th session of the OAU Council of Ministers on June 22-27 , also held in Dakar . |
| 5 | Representatives from the 51 member states , including 29 Presidents and 10 Prime Ministers , discussed an agenda which had been prepared at the 55th session of the OAU Council of Ministers on June 22-27 , also held in Dakar . |
| 6 | Those results would suggest that the other tumours were in fact new tumours , rather than persistent tumours which had been missed at the first cystoscopy . |
| 7 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 8 | The problem for the hon. Member for Dartford is that , once he has been defeated at the next election , he will be replaced as a candidate by the hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) . |
| 9 | I revised a relatively brief article in line with the referees ' comments only to receive a new set of comments which raised points that could have been made at the first submission . |
| 10 | The formal decision on industrialisation had already been made at the Fourteenth Party Congress in 1925 ; therefore the Fifteenth Congress could be claimed to be merely a continuation of previous policies . |
| 11 | The Billabong had been saved at the eleventh hour . |
| 12 | In a few areas a detailed election manifesto has been adopted at the first meeting of a newly elected council as a basis for council policies ( Fudge 1981 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're looking at the next Sugar Ray , ’ I was assured by one youth before he had even sparred in training ! |
| 14 | But Athens gave the Games to the world , and we 're looking at the next one hundred years and if the I O C wants to do something special with Athens in ‘ 96 and if Athens wants to do it , we assure them that Atlanta will support that effort one hundred per cent . |
| 15 | Nothing was said , but his Lieutenant knew he had been reprieved at the last minute . |
| 16 | Each time they 've been reprieved at the last moment . |
| 17 | Agreement on the establishment of the AFTA had been reached at the fourth ASEAN summit held in Singapore in January 1992 [ see p. 38729 ] . |
| 18 | In addition , some painkillers are ruled out ( such as epidural ) , because they take too long to administer and take effect , so your plans for your birth may have to be altered at the last minute . |
| 19 | In the rather broader context of a graduated test scheme , evidence of mastery would be needed so that ( i ) a pupil 's achievements could be informatively reported ( e.g. for certification ) , and ( ii ) to indicate readiness for further learning to be undertaken at the next level of a scheme . |
| 20 | The guide provides three simple checklists of what information should be given at the first appointment , during and at the end of the case . |
| 21 | ‘ It was a common agreement to be ratified at the next board meeting on 20 October ’ . |
| 22 | Otherwise , the cursor will be placed at the first field which does not satisfy either of the above two conditions . |
| 23 | But a plan to bring ‘ political awareness ’ into data processing — which will be developed at the next major IBI conference in Havana next year — is creating controversy . |
| 24 | Comments will be considered at the next meeting which is on 10 December . |
| 25 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the October meeting had to be cancelled at the last minute through lack of support . |
| 27 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
| 28 | proposed that the Funeral Service Journal representation be made at the next Conference . |
| 29 | Should the review require an adjustment to this committee 's target , a further report will be made at the next meeting of this committee on any amendment to that target . |
| 30 | The plenum , which was described as " stormy " , decided that a formal CPSU stance on the question of CPL independence would be adopted at the next central committee plenum ( scheduled for late January but subsequently deferred until February ) , to be based on assessments made as a result of Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania . |