Example sentences of "are [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are using the first two forms ( No 1581 and No 1650 ) despite this , but the third form ( No 1655 ) is completely unusable and we are having to reorder . |
| 2 | The three are singing the last bars of a song . |
| 3 | The police and the courts should be the last resort for handling football indiscipline and we are reaching the stage where they are becoming the first . |
| 4 | The open days free to unwaged people ; £2.50 to others are to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of Durham Street , which was the first community recording studio in the country . |
| 5 | By enabling IBM Cobol/VSAM CICS applications to run on Unix systems , says Crawford , users are offered the first easy step in moving off their proprietary mainframes ; he reckons Unikix facilitates 200–600% long-term cost-of-ownership savings for a typical customer . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it is not financially troubled Japan , but Asia 's tigers who are leading the next wave of investment in the region . |
| 7 | We are promised the last word in London nightclubs , BBQ , dancing , live bands , cabaret , live band karaoke , mystery entertainments and a huge amount of fun . |
| 8 | POLICE and fire brigade experts are investigating the second blaze in a fortnight at a farm on the Mulgrave estate near Whitby . |
| 9 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 10 | ‘ Celtic fans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club 's European Cup triumphs and will be looking for more success . |
| 11 | THE organisers of the Smithwick 's Boston Floodlit Cup are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the competition this year . |
| 12 | THE BFSS , in conjunction with The Game Conservancy Trust and The Lords Taverners , are holding the second Countryside Race Day on Newmarket 's Rowley Mile course on Saturday . |
| 13 | Timed to coincide with the major retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe at the Hayward Gallery , Alex Reid and Lefevre are holding the first commercial exhibition of the artist 's work to be held in Europe ( 8 April to 7 May ) . |
| 14 | London University 's Birkbeck College in collaboration with information technology consultants Brameur Ltd are holding the third annual conference on electronic imaging and the visual arts . |
| 15 | Datapro Canada , Unican and UniForum Canada are holding the Fourth Annual Executive Symposium on Open Systems & Client/Server Computing at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto April 6 to 8 : they 've rounded up people like Doug Michels of Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Roel Pieper of Unix System Laboratories Inc , John Paul of Compaq Computer Corp , Jon Gossels of the Open Software Foundation , Bill O'Shea of NCR Corp , Heinz Lycklama of Open Systems Technology Associates and George Shaffner of X/Open Co Ltd to speak . |
| 16 | Leaving Joy to help Miss Prescott with what are called the last offices ( Joy is also a trained nurse ) , Alan and I went back to the house and between us brought the coffin down from the loft . |
| 17 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 18 | TODAY we are printing the first of two special tokens you 'll need to cash in with our latest EXCLUSIVE offer . |
| 19 | PET PLAN , the animal insurance company are supporting the fourth British national pet week May 3rd–9th by giving away insurance policies worth £5,700 under their Adopt-a-Pet scheme . |
| 20 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
| 21 | At least half the fund 's assets could end up going to the Treasury — a move which pensioners are calling the second Great Train Robbery . |
| 22 | Amongst them are found the last adepts of controlled altered states , out-of-the-body experience , psycho-navigation , environmental wisdom and time-honoured alternative methods of giving birth , healing , living and dying . |
| 23 | And just when we are recording the first positive signs of an upward trend in sales and net profit margins we are hit with the financial problems of a major hotel group like Queens Moat Houses . |
| 24 | When you are doing the first draft , label as many points on the axes as possible . |
| 25 | They fail to appreciate that all elderly people are constantly aware that they are approaching the last great event in their lives : their own death . |
| 26 | Plans by the Spanish government to irrigate large areas of steppe plain , with the aid of EC funding , are threatening the last European stronghold of the great bustard , together with 14 other birds protected by the EC Wild Birds directive . |
| 27 | Two officers are examining the first floor right now ; there is some ivy . ’ |
| 28 | Once you are starting the second year at the school you see faces that are familiar and through brothers and sisters who are in the years above you get to know them . |
| 29 | Even so , we are taking the first steps in a long journey towards an understanding of the body clock and the way it adjusts to our environment . |
| 30 | We are creating the first annual Hall of Shame to show that personalities are willing to take the plaudits , but do not seem too willing to accept the responsibilities that go with their positions . |