Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Cliff Bastin later recalled : ‘ Relations between these two had gradually been becoming more and more strained , until it ultimately came to a point at which the question was which of them would be the first to vent his feelings on the other . |
| 2 | They may be the first sign of trust given , an attempt to show an external sign of an internal pain as a way of having it noticed . |
| 3 | They may be the fourth largest national group in the Middle East , after the Arabs , Persians and Turks , but their hope of an independent Kurdistan appears to have vanished . |
| 4 | I mean I 've got , some of my best friends are fucking sub contractors as you know , really good friends , I mean Jonesy brilliant friend , a great friend , a nice geezer , er Bill beautifully bloke , really nice , but they should be the first ones out the door , Rumbolds should think more of their permanent staff than they do their fucking contractors staff that 's what makes this company work , that 's what makes this company worst than all the rest , ok , you get , you get Union companies which are , must employ sub contractors all the time , |
| 5 | They 'll be the first things to go as he struggles to pay off a mounting damages and legal costs bill of £2.5m . |
| 6 | And Kartoffel knew they 'd be the first to tread the Eiger 's virgin summit . |
| 7 | Kurz had been boasting that they would be the first to climb the face , thus adding to the triumph of the Berlin Olympics . |
| 8 | Obviously if you have family living near enough , they would be the first to turn to for help of this kind . |
| 9 | We found these casual workers given such names as " bank staff " , and they would be the first people to whom the organisation would turn when it needed to bring in extra workers . |
| 10 | They would be the first to show their appreciation . |
| 11 | They would be the first free multiparty elections since 1946 . |
| 12 | Although the extension would provide only a small number of places , he hoped they would be the first of many in that area of Darlington . |
| 13 | I think I did say , in Sounds , that they would be the last major rock band , in the sense that they would follow , and terminate , the trend that rolls through The Who/The Stones etc , playing big stadiums on summer days to hordes of worshippers . |
| 14 | They will be the first to go in a slump . |
| 15 | First movers , then , are not always the entrepreneurs who invent a product ; but they will be the first to build an organisation which can fully exploit its economies of scale and scope . |
| 16 | They will be the first force to use the car , which makes its international competition debut at Monte Carlo next year . |
| 17 | ‘ But I hope and pray they will be the first of many . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ As and when the show does come good they will be the first to say , ‘ We always knew it would . ’ ’ |
| 19 | Certainly all who believe in the value of the Old Testament must take criticism seriously , as they will be the first to want to establish an accurate text and be sure of its meaning . |
| 20 | If a volume is rejected the formatted modules will not be saved , however all modules contained in rejected volumes will be hard copied again at a later date but they will be the last to be considered for hard copying during the HC FORMATTER 's next run . |
| 21 | Now Lebanon is no longer at war and I hope they will be the last victims for the coming generation , for the new future |
| 22 | added : ‘ A company should develop the counselling skills of its managers so they can be the first step in the process of diagnosis . |