Example sentences of "be [to-vb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | How many degrees would it be to go a third of the way round the circle ? |
| 3 | ‘ We are to hold a fourth meeting this evening , ’ Fatah central committee member Hakam Balawi said . |
| 4 | Mr McLean , with a little help from Conservative candidate Mr David Williamson , has the small matter of a 7,035 majority to overturn if he is to enjoy a second ‘ retirement ’ on April 9 , 1992 . |
| 5 | SCOTTISH Amicable is to launch a second Capital Guarantee Bond , following the success of the first one which took in £22.5 million following its launch last October . |
| 6 | The common aim is to found a Second Republic and to reduce or eliminate the power of the political cliques who have held sway since the fall of fascism . |
| 7 | Another option is to create a second segment ring similar to the first and reverse it , or it can be attached to a vertical ring if depth is desired . |
| 8 | A more practical method of transporting the unit up the line is to utilise a second kiteline . |
| 9 | Another option is to use a breadth-first approach . |
| 10 | One possible solution is to use a depth-first approach . |
| 11 | The policy behind Article 35 is to protect a third party from undesired obligations and to make that party 's consent the basis of any such obligations . |
| 12 | The next step is to furnish a first draft of the proposed order and to settle the draft in due course , and in drawing the order the agent has particular regard to the value of precedents and a number of model clauses promulgated by the model clauses committee in parliament . |
| 13 | An alternative is to build a second tree consisting of the words in the compounds , i.e. a ‘ compound tree ’ . |
| 14 | A BOOK on railways which has raised £2,000 for the Foyle Hospice , is to have a second printing . |
| 15 | The second International Sea Symposium on Anglesey on May 1st–4th is to have a 500th anniversary theme . |
| 16 | One answer to the problem is to add a second hard drive . |
| 17 | The LAN Support Group has also said that later in the year it is to add a fourth module , the Software Distribution Manager , which enables BindView to distribute applications across several local area networks from a single site . |
| 18 | Ray 's next trick is to add a fourth kite round an ankle . |
| 19 | INDUSTRIAL fasteners group TT is to pay a second interim dividend on March 31 for the year ended last December to ensure that shareholders do not lose out following the recent Budget changes . |
| 20 | Boots is to pay a second interim of 8.8p ( 7.8p ) on 31 March for the year to that day . |
| 21 | MURIEL GRAY is to present a second series of her highly popular The Munros Show , to be shown in the near future . |
| 22 | The next step in the analysis is to exploit a second general relativistic effect . |
| 23 | THE Queen Mother is to spend a third night in hospital before being discharged tomorrow . |
| 24 | He said the secret was to hide a second box . |
| 25 | The second was to get my knitting room organised and the third was to buy a second machine ( a chunky ) . |
| 26 | There was intense opposition to these proposals but the only concession made in both instances was to require a second ballot if less than 50 per cent of those entitled to vote did so . |
| 27 | The function of the secondary speakers was to give a third dimension to the acoustical properties of the recording , and thus provide extra realism . |
| 28 | That was to allow a second face to be opened to help speed up production . |
| 29 | Later , in 1855 , he was to name a thirteenth Tasmanian species , the scrub tit or Acanthomis magna , from a specimen sent to him by his friend Ronald Gunn . |
| 30 | Quietwaters is slightly different from the other developments : there was already a course and clubhouse in place , but the plan was to develop a second course as well as the seemingly obligatory hotel and leisure complex and timeshare units . |