Example sentences of "[num ord] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second failing is thus of effectiveness , of failure to guide and motivate change . |
| 2 | The younger Walter , who seems to have succeeded his father in the service of the City of London as its official chronologer , remained on the council staff until 1660 , as did one of his brothers , a third having died in its service earlier , and a fourth having been appointed to the staff of the council in Ireland under Henry Cromwell [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | And now Dennis Gray has weighed in with a second version of his ‘ Life as a Climbing Tyke ’ — the first having been that marvellous tale of human bondage from 20 year ago , Rope Boy , or ‘ How I survived an apprenticeship with Joe Brown and started to love climbing ’ . |
| 4 | This is the second unimpeachable Rembrandt painting to come up for sale in London this season , the first having been his ‘ Daniel and Cyrus before the idol of Bel ’ . |
| 5 | The ruling People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) held its second congress on June 27-29 ( the first having been the founding congress in January 1965 ; for national conferences in 1982 and 1987 see pp. 31541 ; 35783-84 ) . |
| 6 | It was the second major concession by the President , the first having been to abandon his election campaign pledge of no new taxes . |
| 7 | The draft constituted the party 's second political platform , the first having been adopted at the time of the foundation of the Indo-Chinese Communist Party ( the CPV 's forerunner ) in 1930 . |
| 8 | The remaining five Democrats participated in a second nationally televised debate ( the first having been held in December ) on Jan. 19 . |
| 9 | The Group of Eight ( G-8 ) Latin American debtor countries ( Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , Mexico , Peru , Uruguay , Venezuela and Panama — the last having been expelled , however , on March 30 , 1990 — see p. 37373 ) meeting in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Dec. 4-5 , 1989 , issued the Buenos Aires Declaration , under which the Foreign Affairs and Economic and Planning Ministers agreed to meet every six months with a view to establishing a Latin American common market by 1992 . |