Example sentences of "[vb mod] be the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One temptation to be resisted is the special offer microcomputer which , despite its low price may be the last in a series from that manufacturer and the user may find that no new software is being written for that model . |
| 32 | The next likely period for the initiation of planned villages would be the eleventh to mid twelfth centuries , as demonstrated by June Sheppard when she looked at village plans in relation to early fiscal arrangements . |
| 33 | Now normal , er now I mean , day would be the ninth of August , would n't it ? |
| 34 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 35 | " I tell you , Menina Sara , if that ship was going back to Ireland today , I would be the first on board ! " |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 38 | This was not the first purge it had masterminded ( though it would be the first of this scale ) ; the structure was in place for an invisible but comprehensive cleansing . |
| 39 | The airline had opened the route on the basis that it would be the first of many , but the British Government had failed to grant any more licenses . |
| 40 | Nor has it fulfilled the wishes of the Vice-Chancellor under whom Lady Barber made the original bequest ‘ that the University of Birmingham would be the first of the modern universities to give effective expression to the claim of the Fine Arts ’ as ‘ an academic discipline and an indispensable element in humane and liberal studies ’ . |
| 41 | Pauline Kenward welcomed the teachers who had come from Norfolk to share the day with London teachers and expressed the hope that this would be the first of many such visits . |
| 42 | Although the extension would provide only a small number of places , he hoped they would be the first of many in that area of Darlington . |
| 43 | The Bolivians had planned that the king would be the first to be given a coca leaf as he toured Expo , which has pavilions from 112 nations . |
| 44 | And it is true that if , for example , there were a library catering specifically for the mentally retarded , this would be the first to be closed because it would create the greatest publicity . |
| 45 | Joe Clark , the Constitutional Affairs Minister announced , however , that he would table legislation within the next few months empowering the government , if necessary , to hold a national referendum on the final constitutional package , which would be the first to be held since that of 1942 on the issue of conscription . |
| 46 | In the original sweat spot test the foot was chosen because , impairment being more likely to occur in longer nerve fibres , the lower extremities would be the first to be involved in diabetic autonomic neuropathy . |
| 47 | This year 's air show would be the 18th to be staged at Mildenhall . |
| 48 | He 'd pulled two out at random , but the one that he wanted would be the next on the route . |
| 49 | Even if he did recover , I feel that Kelly is a better right back , and in my opinion Pemberton would be the next in line . |
| 50 | It was the first Ramadan the hareem had spent away from home and would be the last for many , many years . |
| 51 | That would be the last of it . |
| 52 | If finalized , the agreement would be the last of four deals designed to end decades of wrangling over the issue of rights to the land above the 60th parallel and to the oil and gas contained therein . |
| 53 | In his annual State of the Union address to Congress [ see also pp. 38711-12 ] , Bush said that the proposed cuts would be the last of their kind , amounting to US$50,400 million over five years . |
| 54 | But he would be the last of them in that did it . |
| 55 | Scheduled for April 8 , 1990 , this would be the third in the space of 10 months . |
| 56 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 57 | THE general election in Spain on June 6th will be the first since 1979 in which the winner has not been known in advance . |
| 58 | I come now to what will be the first of many simplicities which I shall offer to you this afternoon ; for I am sure you already realise from what you know of my speakings and writings — and it will be all the more painfully obvious in half an hour 's time — that I am incurably simpliste . |
| 59 | If it is , maybe it will be the first of many . |
| 60 | It will be the first of hundreds of fund raising events across the UK . |