Example sentences of "be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 32 | I take it that we 're not , that that 's gon na be the second phase then ? |
| 33 | Colebrooke , much lampooned in the press , was a rather pompous , self-important man who considered himself to be the second most influential politician in England . |
| 34 | However , he tried some of the journalistic pieces in what was to be the second posthumous volume . |
| 35 | If Mr Nitschke is right about the hotel being the last of its type in London , it will be the second time around for the property . |
| 36 | The UK had been expected to be the second largest customer for the NFR90 , after the USA . |
| 37 | It is gon na be the second room for the police and by moving one door we can put their two rooms together and you 've got access to the toilets , cloakrooms and all the necessary things , so without very much expenditure at all on anybody 's back , we 've actually created the section within this building . |
| 38 | What would be the second one ? |
| 39 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 40 | The planned new reservoir would cover an area of 4 square miles and be the second biggest in the country after Keilder Water in Northumberland . |
| 41 | No longer wanting to be the second class citizens of the sport , the women golfers have used the Classic at Woburn to launch their new drive for equal opportunities . |
| 42 | It 's believed to be the second incident involving the same man in twenty four hours . |
| 43 | It would cover four square miles and be the second biggest in the country . |
| 44 | ‘ In the last financial year we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 45 | ‘ In the financial year just completed we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
| 46 | That will be the second biggest rights issue ever made in in the UK , lagging only behind the ill-fated BP issue in 1987 . |
| 47 | Well it 's supposed to be the second week in March that Lyn and Gary come down . |
| 48 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 49 | Now normal , er now I mean , day would be the ninth of August , would n't it ? |
| 50 | It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered . |
| 51 | no , eat by the seventh so what 's today 's date the sixth , tomorrow 's the seventh there 's no hold on sixth today seventh eighth is Sunday , no it must be the ninth , oh god I 'm totally out of date I do n't even know what date it is let's have one of these that 'll make a change |
| 52 | Next year will be the fiftieth anniversary of the year in which Bomber Harris became Commander-in-Chief and the Association intends to mark the occasion by erecting a statue of Sir Arthur in the forecourt of St Clement Danes in London , adjacent to the statue of Lord Dowding ( C-in-C RAF Fighter Command , 1940 ) . |
| 53 | This will be the first UN mechanism with a clear mandate to examine cases of detained prisoners of conscience anywhere in the world . |
| 54 | I cherished the ambition to be the first ( perhaps the only ) Italian writer to describe the Yiddish world . |
| 55 | This appears to be the first contradiction which the bishops later sought to resolve by withdrawing from the direct contact method . |
| 56 | The Harvest Holiday , as the report suggested , would be introduced in late October and would be the first of a series of changes to age-hold British holiday customs . |
| 57 | ‘ Nicole and I are getting married , ’ said Sir Vivien , ‘ and we wanted you to be the first to know . |
| 58 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 59 | This will be the first time that an introduction to the range of MEDIA initiatives will have taken place in the city . |
| 60 | In most unintentional stalls , the stick position on the back stop will be the first symptom to be recognised . |