Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] be [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second thing was that having covered absolutely everything she was n't any estate , or at least did n't appear to be any so the surviving spouse was n't very interested in taking out a grant anyway cos it was n't going to get him any funds , so we then have the job of doing what 's called debarring him and basically he renounced his right to be of the administrator and we then had to go under the rules to find the next person which was one of the specific beneficiaries I E the sons . |
| 2 | The second bet is that drawing a red marble wins £1000 , drawing a blue marble wins nothing . |
| 3 | The second bet is that drawing a red marble wins £1000 , drawing a blue marble wins nothing . |
| 4 | The most desirable form of employment for many Scots in the eighteenth century was that provided by the East India Company , and a politician with access to this commodity was normally a man of strong interest in his region . |
| 5 | The elements of the fourth category are as follows . |
| 6 | Whether , however , their precise significance in the late fifteenth century is as described in the Kanunname — that is , whether at this early stage of the development of the medrese system they were already confined to two classes of 50-akce medreses — is perhaps more open to question , though the very real possibility that the geographical sense and the designation of rank were once conterminous should not be overlooked in this connection . |
| 7 | The first worry is that proving that your contract has been broken may not be easy , particularly if you are complaining about the breach of an unwritten and rather vague term . |
| 8 | The first point is that educating through a language which is not the parents ' own , does not produce a deviant development . |
| 9 | The first example is as follows : |
| 10 | A weak version of the first argument is that put forward by opponents of the trade union movement claiming that , if wage rates had not been maintained at what they call an artificially high level , the introduction of labour-saving equipment would have been retarded and the number of available jobs increased . |
| 11 | My first thought was that had Richard Hannay materialised at that moment , I would have issued him with a help form . |
| 12 | Three phases in the first lesson were as follows : |
| 13 | The fifth reason was that mixed feelings seemed to exist about the mass media generally and radio in particular . |
| 14 | Baldwin 's first problem was whether to resign at once , or , as in 1923 , to wait and meet Parliament . |
| 15 | Before I call the proposer and the seconder of the motion on the Loyal Address , it may be for the convenience of hon. Members if I inform the House that the proposed subjects for debate for the rest of this week and for next week are as follows : |