Example sentences of "be the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 He was to be the thirteenth , the equal of the Twelve .
2 Tennis 1992 — 93 should be the thirteenth year of the club .
3 Tennis 1992–93 should be the thirteenth year of the club .
4 Though the Central Wales line was built in several sections at various times , its beginning as a through route is usually considered to be the 8th October 1868 , the commencement of public trains .
5 If you live in London , yours could be the seventh pair of kidneys that your glass of water has passed through and chemicals used in farming today seep into the ground to pollute and contaminate the water .
6 Cointreu is said to be the seventh most popular liqueur in the world .
7 Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC .
8 Order 7 , r 10(4) which provides that the date of service is deemed to be the seventh day after posting does not apply , and the summons is in this case deemed , by virtue of s 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 , to be received in the time it would be delivered " in the ordinary course of post " .
9 We think it was going to be the seventh and the eighth and the ninth , and they 've told Newcastle City it 's the ninth , but she was meant to confirmed last Wednesday , and she 's still not .
10 The patronal festival of the parish church of St Peter of Tankersley should be the 29th June , but Tankersley Feast always took place during the second week of July .
11 Billy The Kid ( 15 Turner Home Entertainment 19 Oct ) , called on the titles ‘ Gore Vidal 's Billy The Kid ’ because the novelist wrote the script , must be the twentieth remake of this particular story .
12 Taking time difference into account the match between West Indies and South Africa at Christchurch on March 5 should be the 100th World Cup encounter .
13 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 .
14 It 's worthwhile reading some pre-Shakespearean drama ; you could read Everyman , a great morality play of the late Middle Ages , and Gammer Gurton 's Needle , first performed in 1566 and thought to be the second oldest English comedy .
15 If Pearl decided to resist the overtures of AMP it will be the second major takeover battle in the British life assurance sector in barely two years .
16 Alysardi could be the second leg of a double for Alec Stewart , her trainer , and Michael Roberts , her jockey , who may earlier have won with ELEGANT RAINBOW ( nap 3.05 ) .
17 The weir will be the second of its kind on the river and was designed by the National Rivers Authority to keep gravel spawning beds clear of silt .
18 Dowell is adamant it will be the second option : ‘ As young dancers they would start and be used in the corps like everybody else . ’
19 She 's a ‘ free spirit ’ and appears to be the second most dominant female in the group .
20 It must be the second front .
21 The village cross , in the Market Place , is believed to be the second cross , the current one being erected in 181 1 after the original was destroyed by workers on the Hull drainage scheme .
22 There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes .
23 It will be the second Prayer for Peace event to be held in Assisi from January 9th to 10th .
24 ICL now reckons itself to be the second largest supplier in the UK , John Bennett , ICL 's Director of Marketing Support and Communications told the audience at a recent briefing .
25 Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year .
26 On offer in this furniture sale will be the second part of a private collection from an ‘ hôtel particulier ’ of the Faubourg St Germain , as well as pieces from other vendors .
27 This would be the second time Mike 's mother had looked after Catherine .
28 There is no general right of appeal , since this will be the second appeal following the decision of the SSAT .
29 Yet perhaps it was the easy accessibility of English which made it so popular ; it has grown to be the second largest university subject .
30 ‘ Oh sir ! ’ said Mrs Crump faintly and for a moment she threatened to be the second act to Miss D'Arcy 's opener .
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