Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 2 | He was already a canon of Notre-Dame-de-Paris , and was to be given the first vacant prebend at Bordeaux or Bourges by papal provision . |
| 3 | We might be given the first few pages to be going on with , and as we went along more pages would arrive . |
| 4 | If this excluded option is allowed back into the debate , and the claim that our existing intuitions should not be given the last word is seriously considered , the authority of the case for individualism is immediately questioned . |
| 5 | He was to be joined the next day by his mistress , Felicity . |
| 6 | This concept can then be designated the first ‘ unit ’ of that God . |
| 7 | It has a claim to be considered the first court school of the Middle Ages . |
| 8 | What 's the Matter Plasma Plasma 's properties are sufficiently different from those of gases , liquids and solids for it to be considered the fourth state of matter . |
| 9 | To these can be added the fourth century examples already mentioned , which clearly indicate some level of extra-mural contraction . |
| 10 | AUSTRALIAN David Richards is expected to be named the first full-time chief executive of the International Cricket Council in February . |
| 11 | According to this law , if a response made in the presence of a particular stimulus is followed by a reward , that same response is more likely to be made the next time the stimulus is encountered . |
| 12 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 13 | You do not need to send your releases to everyone who might be interested if this is likely to delay getting them into the post ; that can always be done the next morning . |
| 14 | The cost was £105 , including the organist and £3 for the box for the ashes , which , I was told , could be collected the next morning . |
| 15 | She was a very nice girl named Eugena , I think , and there were guards at the end of the hotel corridors , I remember giving them the slip and wandering around Khabarovsk on my own in a snowstorm , only to be told the next day that there was quite a bit of excitement in the city during the night because a Siberian tiger had come into the city and was wandering the streets at the same time I was ! |
| 16 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 17 | In general , mistakes here are small , and can be corrected the next year . |
| 18 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
| 19 | But I find myself left with what may be called the first main proposition of this book : |
| 20 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 21 | Saturday 's abandoned match at Morley will probably have to be played the next week , followed by the trip to Liverpool St Helens on the final Saturday of the season . |
| 22 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 23 | Mollie says she wo n't be fooled the next time a conman comes to call |
| 24 | If you 've backed a couple of horses , and if you 'll be gone the next day , you stay there like everybody else and listen to the commentaries . |
| 25 | News of these defeats was received by telegram at Saint Cloud on the night of 4 — 5 August , to be followed the next day by news of two further defeats at the battles of Reichshoffen and Forbach . |
| 26 | On day three all the butterflies were dead as was one angel , to be followed the next day by the other . |
| 27 | According to the report five officers had planned to use two military helicopters to bomb the headquarters during a joint meeting of government ministers and the Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) to discuss the austerity measures to be announced the next day . |
| 28 | The nets are released at dusk , and drift with the ocean 's currents and winds , fishing the rich top 15 metres ( 50 feet ) of the sea , to be retrieved the next day . |
| 29 | Sometimes an impacted basket can be delivered the next day , when the ampullary oedema subsides . |
| 30 | You 'd do we by the time you get in nine o'clock you 're supposed to be re half past nine you 're supposed to be finished the first one . |