Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The serial number of this bass , 72997058 , tells us that it was made in Kalamazoo ( that 's the 0 ; guitars made in Nashville at this time carried a 5 ) and that it was the 58th made in the batch that was stamped the 299th day of the year . |
| 2 | A comrade is talking to you one moment and is gone the next , either blasted beyond recognition or seriously wounded . |
| 3 | He took a leading part in the formation of the Institute of Marine Engineers and was elected the first president in 1889 . |
| 4 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 5 | The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and was extubated the next morning . |
| 6 | In 1933 , just after the port was completed , it handled 2,700,000 tons , was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports and was ranked the ninth largest European port . |
| 7 | His Essay towards a New Theory of Vision was published in 1709 , and was followed the next year by his master-work , A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge . |
| 8 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 9 | He died in London 13 January 1613 , and was buried the next day at All Saints the Less . |
| 10 | On Soviet television on Sept. 4 Shevardnadze ( a Georgian ) called on Gamsakhurdia to " restore dialogue " with his opponents , but was accused the next day by Gamsakhurdia of being " an enemy of Georgia " , involved with Sigua and Khoshtaria in a " plot " organized by the " communist mafia " . |