Example sentences of "that [vb mod] be the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bush administration has undertaken a national energy review which will report by the end of the year , and that may be the first step towards the national action to end dependence on Gulf oil , and to start what 's always eluded this country — an Energy Policy . |
| 2 | ‘ The brutal truth , however , is that some youngsters are so out of control they have to be detained , but that should be the last resort . ’ |
| 3 | I think that 'll been the last helicopter . |
| 4 | that 'll be the next hurdle , I mean we have n't got to that hurdle . |
| 5 | And when he thrust at her , still yelling , ‘ Get up into that house , there ! ’ and almost pushed her onto her back , the young fellow sprang forward and grabbed her ; then , with one arm around her and the other fist doubled , forefinger pointing out straight at the man , he cried at him , ‘ You lay another hand on her like that , mister , an' that 'll be the last thing you do . ’ |
| 6 | No that 'll be the third time |
| 7 | That could be the first cut in my opinion . |
| 8 | He could n't mean she belonged to him — that would be the last thing either of them would want — but the predatory gleam in his eyes said differently , and an involuntary spark of anticipation was born deep inside her . |
| 9 | She hoped she was n't coming down with something , because that would be the last straw . |
| 10 | That would be the fourth root . |
| 11 | Unequivocal or not , it would n't do to open the door in the altogether — though with any luck , that would be the next step … |
| 12 | So far , Lucien had not sullied his art by performing to music , but he was aware that as soon as Sabraxis had approved his ability , that would be the next thing he 'd have to learn . |
| 13 | Then after you had finished the sowing , that would be the next job . |
| 14 | That will be the first step towards building the wider Europe for which Britain has long argued . |
| 15 | That will be the next stage we shall be working on over the next half-year or so , and what we do want to do is to seek the help of all the local authorities and teachers in this work , because one should perhaps put things into context , we 're a committee of twenty-two people , we have a staff , which when they 're all fully employed they 'll be about fifty , we have a budget of two million , but we have got to communicate with something like four hundred to five hundred thousand teachers , something like erm five thousand secondary schools and twenty-six thousand primary schools . |
| 16 | No-one believes that will be the last case to shock the market and infuriate private investors . |