Example sentences of "being a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants admitted the validity of the will of 30 June 1978 but contended that the deceased had duly executed a further testamentary paper being a first codicil on 18 April 1986 and counterclaimed for the pronouncement in solemn form for the codicil . |
| 2 | Oh are you well I 'll give you a a , I lost it at lunchtime ex-Radio Virgin certificate for being a first time on and er I 'd like to say it 's been a pleasure . |
| 3 | Rose finished with four wickets for eight runs from nine overs , the only resistance encountered by Instonians , lively and athletic in the field , being a seventh wicket stand between left handed Alan Corcoran , the Railway Union captain , and Dave Varian . |
| 4 | The basic unit of storage is the 8-bit character or byte ; unlike the IBM 1401 , all eight bits are available for holding information , there being no word mark bit and the parity bit being a ninth ( hidden ) bit . |
| 5 | Most obviously , both women and men can expect to have a recognizable period of ‘ old age ’ when they have ceased paid work , the creation of a standard age of retirement from work being a twentieth century phenomenon . |
| 6 | There are two possible reasons for your Bearded Collie being wild about wood , the first being a second teething period , which some dogs go through . |
| 7 | Miserable at being a second class citizen ? |
| 8 | Whilst Chesterton 's later justified reputation of being one of the most rabid anti-semites connected with British fascism would suggest that this was like asking a cat to drink a bowl of cream , there is little evidence to suggest that prior to his involvement in the BUF he viewed the world primarily through anti-semitic spectacles , despite being a second cousin to such notorious anti-semites as Cecil and G.K. Chesterton . |
| 9 | Lucien was n't quite sure how he felt about being a second choice , but comforted himself with the knowledge that Garimel had undoubtedly been bought by a less lenient household . |
| 10 | ‘ But being a woman and not able to inherit , I suppose she might be used to being a second string . |
| 11 | How you getting on with the erm , you know , being a second class citizen ? |
| 12 | The three repressors belong to a family of proteins bearing the same DNA-binding motif , the TraY protein from E. coli F episome probably being a fourth . |