Example sentences of "to [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The falsificationist is committed to preferring the first . |
| 2 | Oddly , the think-tank that seems closest to catching the next intellectual wave is the one whose collapse seemed most logical a year ago . |
| 3 | I shall look forward to seeing the first edition , then . |
| 4 | I now look forward to seeing the next consultation document , which I believe will appear in the next month or two . |
| 5 | JOHN WRIGHT hit an unbeaten 38 to became the first New Zealander to score 5,000 Test runs as he steered the Kiwis towards a draw against Sri Lanka in Colombo yesterday . |
| 6 | The dust wagon came up to the warehouse today , the usual they 'd got halfway to emptying the first dustbin in the back |
| 7 | The Americans and French both lay claim to staging the first automobile race . |
| 8 | The anonymous writer of 1497 said that apart from London there were only two towns of importance in the country , Bristol and York , but in this he was misinformed , as it seems likely that Norwich , which had undoubtedly had a period of difficulties in the early fifteenth century , had begun to recover about 1465 or 1470 , and was on the way to becoming the second wealthiest city in the land , as it was in the 1520s . |
| 9 | The development of its taste for small water creatures as a main ingredient in its omnivorous diet may be similar to the trend that occurred in our own ancient ancestors during the intermediate stage on the way to becoming the first hunting primates . |
| 10 | With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band . |
| 11 | Sony will shortly upgrade this to the Extended Architecture standard enabling CD-ROM to beat portable CD-I to becoming the first multimedia handheld units to reach the commercial market . |
| 12 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 13 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
| 14 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 15 | So far , most of the effort has been devoted to unifying the first three categories of physical interactions , the strong and weak nuclear forces and electromagnetism . |
| 16 | CPRW 's contribution to marking the 50th anniversary of the UN |
| 17 | The composer 's extensive treatment of this theme comes very close to toppling the first movement 's structure in some versions , where virtually every note is caressed to the point of near-suffocation . |
| 18 | But Ferreira , who had not come close to breaking the sixth seed , suddenly discovered his best form , hitting three glorious forehands , including one to save match point , and capturing the game when Stich hit a backhand volley out . |
| 19 | An extensive seismic programme will begin in the second half of 1992 with a view to drilling the first exploration well in late 1993 . |
| 20 | Slavery is the key to unlocking the third chamber of Kane 's theorem about why blacks excel in sport : ‘ Of all the physical and psychological theories about the American black 's excellence in sport , none has proved more controversial than one of the least discussed : that slavery weeded out the weak ’ ( Kane , 1971 , p.80 ) . |
| 21 | The measures range from renaming the health ministry the Department of Health and Community Care , with a Community Care Minister , to allocating the first tranche of extra resources to cut waiting lists . |
| 22 | Some felt he owed his life to spending the last ten months of the war in Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan near Breslau . |
| 23 | ln ‘ A ’ Shop , Corporal Tait and his crew of two vehicle mechanics have been hard at work for three hours ; having inspected and confirmed that a new engine is needed , they are well on their way to having the first CV12 pack stripped apart . |
| 24 | … when it comes to giving the third year grades I find it really difficult , with some kids you say ‘ well they ought to have a ‘ B ’ , ’ but I ca n't give them a ‘ B ’ because there are n't any ‘ B's left … |
| 25 | They may be intended to help people to be more aware of their own interests and abilities with a view to taking the first steps towards any of these possibilities . |
| 26 | Classification schemes specialize in showing networks of subjects and displaying the relationships between subjects , and thus are particularly suited to achieving the second objective . |
| 27 | While the Blue Jays licked their wounds , the Athletics began the celebrations prior to hosting the first two games of the World Series at the Coliseum next weekend . |
| 28 | He suggests that there is little evidence that any British Government ever managed the unemployment rate simply with a view only to winning the next election . |