Example sentences of "being the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past year alone , the group claims to have jumped from being the ninth most popular supplier of personal systems in Europe to being sixth , with unit shipments up 40% . |
| 2 | long-popular psalm melody , so called from the psalm being the 100th one in Day 's psalter ( 1563 ) : |
| 3 | so instead of being the seventh Saint Joseph 's we 'd be just erm Newton Abbott |
| 4 | Tim has the kind of gut feeling for old furniture that comes from being the second generation in the trade . |
| 5 | Being the second born in a poor family with thirteen brothers and sisters , you had to be tough to survive . |
| 6 | An intriguing example of an ornithopter is also on show , this being the second example made by E P Frost and covered by silk and real feathers ! |
| 7 | In addition to their genetic differences they will each have a different nurturing experience within their family , for example being the first born and only child is different from being the second or third child of parents already used to dealing with small babies and the noise , bustle and demands of older siblings . |
| 8 | The top Buckinghamshire man , the prebendary of Buckingham , was an isolated figure , £71 being the second biggest assessment . |
| 9 | As the books are in the same series , ‘ Barchester Towers ’ being the second volume and ‘ The Last Chronicle of Barset ’ the last , one of the characters I am going to study appears in both . |
| 10 | But , that 's what he wants just now but if he can get the flight then it , it could end up being the second and third or the third and fourth week . |
| 11 | With every niche filled , the only option left is the update , and here Guinness have been steaming ahead yet again , the two most recent arrivals being the fifth edition of Billboard 's Book Of USA Top-40 Hits and the third edition of The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits , both bookshelf benders , the former boasting 674 pages while the latter weighs in at a hefty 844 . |
| 12 | Once the general subcommittee had done its survey of the system , it turned to inform Parliament of the issues embodied ( or concealed ) in the annual expenditure White Paper , the first of these reports being the Fifth Report of the 1972–3 session . |
| 13 | This developed from a first issue in 1982 to being the fifth largest sector in the euromarket by issuance in 1990 . |
| 14 | Class 313 units are also used on the suburban service between Euston and Watford Junction , to which service fell the honour of being the first line to be given a NSE total route refurbishment programme and branded ‘ Harlequin' . |
| 15 | UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector . |
| 16 | That in turn threatens the worst for the teams they face , Cardiff being the first to dip their toe in the water . |
| 17 | It appears that Geordie , the Newcastle chap who cheered things up during the trip to the beach last week , by being the first to run naked into the sea , was badly wounded when his jeep ran over a mine and the driver was killed . |
| 18 | Margaret Thatcher was remarkable , of course , for being the first woman Prime Minister , and she could use this factor to persuade or beguile male colleagues on occasion . |
| 19 | Nicknamed ‘ Alpha ’ , she has the distinction of being the first woman , Regular or TA , to gain the coveted Provost Marshal 's Gold Whistle award for being top on her recruits ' course . |
| 20 | Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage . |
| 21 | Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage . |
| 22 | We have recently completed the sale of 54 cottages , bungalows and flats in central Didcot , built by Secure Retirement , the development being the first of its kind in the Town . |
| 23 | G.K. Chesterton on the artifice of the simple life is enough to turn a Green purple , Orwell on Gandhi is subtle and sinewy and James Baldwin on being the first black man in a Swiss valley is dignified and sad . |
| 24 | Being the first to inhale it , having it to himself , gave him a feeling of power . |
| 25 | The loyalists saw the toleration of ‘ rebel ’ meetings as being the first signs of weakness which would only encourage the nationalists in their campaign to destroy Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | He has the distinction of being among Britain 's 100 richest men , and also of being the first man to be kicked out of Lloyd 's — in 1982 for ‘ discreditable conduct ’ . |
| 27 | All three of the above were in the House of Lords when they formed their ministries , so the distinction of being the first elected politician with a K to become Prime Minister is still available . |
| 28 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday described lifting the Rumbelows Cup as the proudest moment of his life , then suggested the honour of being the first Manchester United captain to do so should have gone to Bryan Robson . |
| 29 | From Heath Junction , the Chesterfield Loop followed the Rother Valley towards the town , the station at Grassmoor being the first on this section . |
| 30 | Albert Graf , one of the founders , is generally recognized as being the first breeder of the type we would know today . |