Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The addition of this weakling to the family of Test nations will seen them merely tolerated as non-profitable visitors , lower on the scale even than Sri Lanka , who are still awaiting a first invitation to play West Indies after 10 years of Test status . |
| 2 | Following the breakdown of talks with the 43-year-old Foreman , Bowe 's handlers are also considering a first defence against either of the ex-champions Michael Spinks or Michael Dokes at Madison Square Garden , probably in March . |
| 3 | The Lords are now taking a third bite of the cherry . |
| 4 | Detectives are now hunting a fourth man who will also be charged with murder . |
| 5 | But now said that although he and Mary were already filling a second room with their bits of furniture and stuff , of course they would move it all out at once , if that room were needed by anyone to live in . |
| 6 | Coton , last season 's choice by his fellow professionals as the country 's top goalkeeper , has been in England squads for two years but is still awaiting a first full cap . |
| 7 | Under the new Mental Health Act , passed last year , a patient who objects to treatment is now guaranteed a second opinion — but treatment still goes ahead if both doctors agree . |
| 8 | Dover is now proposing a third force that can genetically transform a species ; transforming not because of the external forces of selection or drift , but from within . |
| 9 | The Abbey is now planning a fifth mailshot to alert them to their windfalls . |
| 10 | But to this assertion of the erosion of the traditional ‘ apprenticeship ’ system for musicians and of the economic harm done to some younger performers is often added a third reason for denigrating recorded music . |
| 11 | When the time comes , the Minister stands up and moves ‘ that the Bill be now read a second time ’ . |
| 12 | Mr. Wilson : I beg to move , That the clause be now read a Second time . |
| 13 | Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question , That the Bill be now read a Second time |
| 14 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 15 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 16 | Question put , That the Bill be now read a Second time : |
| 17 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 18 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 19 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 20 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time I believe that there will be a consensus across the House on the Bill . |
| 21 | I beg to move , That the Bill be now read a Second time . |
| 22 | So far as Government Bills are concerned , it is no exaggeration to say that the substantial task of legislating will have been largely discharged before the Bill is even read a first time in the House in which it is introduced ( Bills may normally be introduced in either House , thence proceeding to the other ) . |
| 23 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 24 | After a while , if undisturbed , the Aplysia puts its siphon out again , and if it is then prodded a second time , it will show the same withdrawal reflex . |
| 25 | If carried , which is rare , the member has leave to present his Bill which is then read a first time in the usual way . |
| 26 | It has two manned platforms , with 200 men on each , in the North Sea and is currently building a third . |
| 27 | Although he was only to win a third of the tickets that Rudi had won , this dog was used extensively by successful breeders , which is the true test of a great dog . |
| 28 | She was just drinking a second cup of coffee when Julius walked through the doorway . |
| 29 | Two years later he was again dismissing a third of his hands in a mid-winter lay-off . |