Example sentences of "be [verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing . |
| 2 | How many degrees would it be to go a third of the way round the circle ? |
| 3 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 4 | The independence of republics within existing borders would be recognized , if the republics wished it , and minorities would be given a second nationality and their own schools and legislature . |
| 5 | Now this means that the sponsor of the bill , Allan , brothers , pro proposes that the debate be closed and the bill be given a second reading . |
| 6 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 7 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 8 | Payne , who three-putted the seventeenth was fortunate to be given a second chance by Gillner , who looked set to gain his first senior win when he required two par 4s at the seventeenth and eighteenth . |
| 9 | They would be given a 15-second credit at the start of each programme , 10 seconds at the end and the chance to screen their name either side of the break ! |
| 10 | Juron almost seemed to be enjoying a second adolescence in company with his Scouts , while yet remaining devoutly responsible . |
| 11 | To these should be added a third group , which are not so abundant in terms of volume , but which are equally important . |
| 12 | To these should be added a third consideration , transparency . |
| 13 | To these three names must now be added a fourth , Michael Dutton , who has produced new transfers using up-to-date technology which yield an astonishingly vivid quality of sound . |
| 14 | Network and relational database systems to which can now be added a fourth : |
| 15 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 16 | In addition to London , Tyzack has an office in Bristol and will shortly be opening a third UK branch in the North . |
| 17 | We thus see that horn parts have to be written a fifth higher than the pitch required . |
| 18 | In his post match press conference Tony Jacklin also chose to stress the marvellous atmosphere the match had been held in before going on to reiterate that he would n't be serving a fifth term as Captain . |
| 19 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 20 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 21 | It had to be performed a second time , after the British Consul had taken the couple 's oaths on his diary instead of the Bible . |
| 22 | Substitution drills would also be used a first step in mastering the totally different topic system in Dusun which we discussed in 7.1.8 . |
| 23 | You may be selling a second home , or buying and selling shares . |
| 24 | We have successfully launched three new publications and will be presenting a fourth , Feminist Art Criticism , next year , in collaboration with the Scarlet Press . |
| 25 | After four and a quarter years , some firms will already have had at least two visits and many in category 1 will be facing a second visit in the near future . |
| 26 | During the summer the Red Cross will be providing a first aid service at Durham County Cricket ground . |
| 27 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 28 | MALCOLM ALLISON 'S return to English football with penniless Bristol Rovers could hardly be termed a last ride on the gravy train . |
| 29 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 30 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |