Example sentences of "be [vb pp] 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| 1 | I was asked if I wished my name to be withdrawn a second time but I declined , feeling it would be wrong to have to continue to rely on the goodwill and hospitality of friends in order to continue playing .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 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She hopes soon after her penpal will be given a second chance to prove his innocence and escape the gas chamber . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | To these should be added a third group , which are not so abundant in terms of volume , but which are equally important . |
| 10 | To these should be added a third consideration , transparency . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Network and relational database systems to which can now be added a fourth : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We thus see that horn parts have to be written a fifth higher than the pitch required . |
| 15 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 16 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | MALCOLM ALLISON 'S return to English football with penniless Bristol Rovers could hardly be termed a last ride on the gravy train . |
| 21 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 22 | was it updated a second time or did you ask for it to be updated a second time ? |
| 23 | It was the only new drama series in US network TV to be allowed a second series this year , despite a relatively lowly 49th ranking in the ratings . |
| 24 | It was held that they could be convicted a second time and made to pay compensation to a second victim who had read a copy of the same brochure . |
| 25 | Mr. Tony Favell , supported by Mr. David Harris , presented a Bill to remove from registers of common land and registers of town or village greens dwellinghouses registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 which had been used as dwellinghouses for a minimum of twenty years immediately prior to the commencement of that Act ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February and to be printed . |
| 26 | Mr. Tony Banks , supported by Mr. Tom Clarke , Ms. Diane Abbott and Mr. Jeremy Corbyn , presented a Bill to make statutory provision for fixed term parliaments , compulsory attendance at polling stations , a public holiday on days set for general elections ; and for connected purposes ; And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Thursday 9 April and to be printed . |
| 27 | A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandestine Outlawries ; read the First time ; to be read a Second time . |
| 28 | Mr. Secretary Baker , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Brooke , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang and Mr. Peter Lloyd , presented a Bill to make provision about persons who claim asylum in the United Kingdom and to extend the provisions of the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 to transit passengers : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 1 . ] |
| 29 | Mr. Secretary Wakeham , supported by Mr. Secretary Howard , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lilley , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. David Mellor , Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory and Mr. Colin Moynihan , presented a Bill to make provision for extending the duration of , and increasing the limit on , grants under section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1987 and to repeal the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 2 . ] |
| 30 | Mr. Secretary Heseltine , supported by The Prime Minister , Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. Michael Portillo and Mr. Robert Key , presented a Bill to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax , to be called council tax ; to abolish community charges ; to make further provision with respect to local government finance ( including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities ) ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 3 . ] |