Example sentences of "to [be] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Order 7 , r 10(4) which provides that the date of service is deemed to be the seventh day after posting does not apply , and the summons is in this case deemed , by virtue of s 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 , to be received in the time it would be delivered " in the ordinary course of post " . |
| 2 | When the Eighth Army turned and stood for what was to be the first battle of Alamein , a tiny force consisting of the 11th Field Regiment and a part of the Essex Regiment was rushed to the Ruweisat Ridge with orders to plug the vital gap between the South African positions on the coast and the New Zealanders on the edge of the Quattara Depression . |
| 3 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 4 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 5 | The surgeon 's knife was to be the first act , and possibly the only act , of that no one could be certain . |
| 6 | Cape Horn has always been a challenge and something he wanted to do … he says the aim is to be the first school group to sail around the world … the other aspect is the whole challenge of the voyage |
| 7 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 8 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
| 9 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |
| 10 | This was to be the first chance to see what Sutton could produce . |
| 11 | SOUTH AFRICA hope to be the first country to use television replays to assist the umpires when they play home Tests against India later this year . |
| 12 | In what is believed to be the first development of its kind , a new hospital under construction in north-eastern England is being fitted with a range of energy-saving features which may reduce annual energy bills by as much as 60 per cent . |
| 13 | It is likely to be the first occasion that the puppy has been left on its own , away from its mother and littermates , and as a result , once you have gone to bed , it may well feel disturbed , and start to howl . |
| 14 | Carriers are expected to be the first users of the interface since it will significantly reduce the cost of building a new Frame Relay network or of extending an existing Frame Relay network . |
| 15 | And I 'd like to fight him because he 's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him . |
| 16 | ‘ And I want him to win because he 's unbeaten and I want to be the first man to take the H out of Holyfield . ’ |
| 17 | But I want to be the first man to achieve Football League status after a full playing career . |
| 18 | A race to be the first man at the South Pole , in Antarctica . |
| 19 | On the rostrum Joey said : ‘ You really need to be the first man at the Metropole if you want to be first at the finishing line . ’ |
| 20 | No one had ever raised a hand to her in anger , and woe betide him if he should decide to be the first man to try . |
| 21 | Confidence is high among the experienced Darc Star team hoping to be the first UK successful attempt on the mountain in winter . |
| 22 | H TELEWEST TO BE THE FIRST UK CABLE TELEVISION OPERATOR TO INSTALL ITS OWN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES I2128 J02128 E16 Mar 1993 D930316 M9303 Y93 CAGREE T |
| 23 | ‘ George Bush to be the first US President to visit a free Cuba ’ headlines the far-right Miami Diario de las Americas , carrying , on its inside page , details of how to phone Cuba and send over food parcels , as well as where to register your confiscated property for repossession after the regime has gone . |
| 24 | Lotus Development Corp and the Skytel unit of Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Inc plan joint development of technologies and applications to meet the demands of a growing wireless messaging market : first product from the agreement is a wireless messaging gateway for Lotus Notes , which is claimed to be the first US national wireless gateway for workgroup software — combining Notes and a SkyWord alphanumeric receiver , the gateway will create a Notes ‘ thinking mailbox ’ that can forward changes in information from a Notes server to SkyWord receivers , the firms say . |
| 25 | Between 400 and 500 Iraqi troops were reported captured during the fighting , while 31 US personnel were described as missing or captured , including a female Marine who was thought to be the first US woman soldier to be captured by an enemy force . |
| 26 | Inhibition of MAO-B is also of topical interest since this may prove to be the first manoeuvre that has slowed the progression of Parkinson 's disease ; the mechanism is uncertain but it was originally thought of because this approach blocked the toxicity of the selective dopaminergic poison , MPTP . |
| 27 | With reports still circulating that Sun Microsystems Inc will enter the business this year , Tatung Science & Technology Inc looks to be the first Sparc systems builder to go for the X terminal market . |
| 28 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 29 | And now , to cap it all , poor Byford had to be the first army victim of the latest IRA tactic — Flying Columns-compact bands armed only with a few rifles and automatic pistols , moving soundlessly at night along country lanes on foot or on bicycles , and waiting behind roadside hedges — waiting for hours , days if necessary — for a patrol to come along . |
| 30 | For people like Schuman and Monnet , it was to be the first unit in an interlocking sectoral integration that would ultimately fulfil the dream of political integration . |