Example sentences of "be the fifth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saturated world markets , together with the international embargo against Iraq ( which had been the fifth largest importer of Canadian wheat in 1989 ) , meant , however , that the country 's transport and storage facilities were placed under considerable strain . |
| 2 | They were said to face summary execution if found guilty of complicity in what had been the fifth rumoured coup attempt since the military took power in June 1989 . |
| 3 | The Hackney shows are the fifth year in succession that the Bard of Barking has sung in the New Year . |
| 4 | In his survey of London , published in 1889 , Charles Booth commented on the overlapping territory of the various visitors from churches , the Charity Organisation Society , and other charitable organisations in Deptford : ‘ we hear of one woman busy at the washtub calling out [ to a new visitor ] : ‘ you are the fifth this morning ’ ' . |
| 5 | I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses . |
| 6 | Now I 'm the fifth victim in Test cricket . |
| 7 | But the farmer down the lane is worried because he wanted his little lad , who is six , to be the fifth generation of the family to farm the moss land . |
| 8 | Karajan 's devout acceptance of what there is proved to be the Fifth Symphony 's best bet , given the untold care and effort that has gone into the shaping of the minutest detail of phrasing and , indeed , colouristic effect . |
| 9 | You must be the fifth person I 've explained it to this month . |
| 10 | It is , of course , a matter for concern that there should be the fifth . |
| 11 | An operation by Turkey to divert the flow of the Euphrates river away from Syria and Iraq in order to fill the reservoir behind the newly constructed Ataturk dam ( believed to be the fifth largest in the world ) was begun on Jan. 13 in a ceremony presided over by the Turkish President , Turgut Özal . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This developed from a first issue in 1982 to being the fifth largest sector in the euromarket by issuance in 1990 . |
| 15 | Individually , they were mature , intelligent human beings ; collectively , they were the fifth grade in Disneyland . |
| 16 | These were the fifth and sixth centuries , when Byzantine designs were forming themselves from early Christian patterns , and the tenth to thirteenth centuries when more elaborate buildings were erected in a new wave of expansion . |
| 17 | This is the fifth home visit , and on-call duty does n't finish for eight more hours . |
| 18 | FRC 92 is the fifth international conference on fibre reinforced composites and will take place at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne on 24–26 March 1992 . |
| 19 | Rogation Sunday is the fifth after Easter , and the following three days are known as Rogationtide . |
| 20 | Musa Anter is the fifth journalist working for the Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem to be attacked since the newspaper started publication in May this year . |
| 21 | BAT is the fifth largest company in the UK and recorded pre-tax profits of £1,641 million in 1988 [ 10 ] . |
| 22 | FHSAs and prescribing This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles on the future of family health services authorities |
| 23 | This is the fifth occasion that the Board has been invited to take part in a British Fair at Mitsukoshi with whom it has a very special relationship . |
| 24 | Planning and communication of the enterprise strategy is the fifth imperative which Blunt ( 1989 ) identifies as essential for organization . |
| 25 | Scientists have responded to the challenge of this result : the mechanism considered by von Helden , Gotts and Bowers is the fifth to be put forward . |
| 26 | Now this is the fifth pizza now how am I gon na share it out . |
| 27 | This is the fifth time she 's been up ! |
| 28 | The Gilmerton Bypass is the fifth and final section to be completed and connects Straiton Road ( A701 ) to Old Dalkeith Road ( A68 ) at Sheriffhall — a distance of some 4.5 km ( 2.8 miles ) . |
| 29 | This acquisition complements the Group 's existing interest in the oilfield sector and is the fifth acquisition in the United States , the others being Turbine Engine Services , Electric Submersible Pumps , NDT Systems and Trico Submersible Services [ now part of ESP ] . |
| 30 | He is the fifth manager to leave Crewe Park in the last two years following in the footsteps of Paul O'Gara , Terry Nicholson , Jack Walsh and Sammy Watson , who all parted company with the club last season . |