Example sentences of "[be] the sixth " in BNC.
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| 1 | The messenger had been sent by a group of Annan citizens loyal to the Bruce connection ; after all , the late King Robert had been the sixth Bruce Lord of Annandale . |
| 2 | Today would have been the sixth . |
| 3 | Though Bede considered Oswald 's brother and successor , Oswiu , to have been the sixth of the overlords of the Anglo-Saxons ( HE 11 , 5 ) , it is clear that it was many years before Oswiu could securely establish himself as king even over all the northern Angles let alone as overlord of his southern neighbours and that this latter position was very short-lived . |
| 4 | They were chosen for the award by an independent panel of judges comprising leading local journalists from the print and electronic media and are the sixth award winners from the state of Kedah and the 142nd overall since the scheme was launched in July 1975 . |
| 5 | ‘ On Monday , that 'll be the sixth of June , ’ Otley said , ‘ and there 'll be another two days of the horse fair left to go . ’ |
| 6 | The flight should be the sixth test of the shuttle ; the first five trips were all by the shuttle vehicle , Columbia . |
| 7 | Many other GHOST sightings have been reported at Glamis Castle , including a Grey Lady who haunts the chapel , thought to be the sixth Lady Glamis who was wrongly burned alive as a witch ; a tongueless woman wandering the grounds frantically trying to speak ; a tiny page hovering by the gate ; and the wicked first Lord Glamis , a rake who continues to raise merry hell with his drinking and gambling . |
| 8 | This was to be the sixth show organised by the Priestfields & Ormesby Knitting Club and this year they were hoping to use the proceeds to boost club funds as well as make a donation to Kirkleatham Special School in Redcar . |
| 9 | Though they might have forgotten that the following day would be the sixth anniversary of their engagement , he with his prodigious memory had not . |
| 10 | Launched in the Autumn of 1991 in the United States , Marquis is now believed to be the sixth most popular line of premium crystal sold in the U.S. during 1992 — one of the most successful launches ever of a new crystal brand in that country . |
| 11 | If he went to Cambridge , especially if he was homosexual , he has to be the Sixth Man or someone . |
| 12 | I think this will be the sixth time of my career that a promotion or relegation issue has reached the final day . |
| 13 | I think this will be the sixth time of my career that a promotion or relegation issue has reached the final day . |
| 14 | These must be the sixth formers in the dresses . |
| 15 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 16 | Is the Sixth Form College taking industrial action ’ too ? ’ |
| 17 | New figures from the British Audience Research Bureau show that A Question of Sport is the sixth most popular programme among FT readers , but does n't feature in the top ten Sunday Sport readers ' list at all . |
| 18 | The win is the sixth biggest paid out by Littlewoods . |
| 19 | From the same publishers comes another manuscript study , Kathleen Scott 's Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390–1490 , which is the sixth and final volume of the Survey of Manuscripts illuminated in the British Isles . |
| 20 | This is the sixth in a series of articles examining the problems in medical education and their possible solutions |
| 21 | Capella is the sixth brightest star in the sky . |
| 22 | the only , the only date is the sixth |
| 23 | Longest chain is the sixth chain so it 's gon na be based on a hexate . |
| 24 | You may meet a saddler who is the sixth generation of his family to carry on making bell harnesses . |
| 25 | DUBLIN IS THE sixth city to be named European City of Culture , a title which holds in its tread such cornerstones of the visual arts of Florence , Paris and Amsterdam . |
| 26 | Notice , this is the sixth issue . |
| 27 | It is the sixth oldest in Great Britain and is presently one of the largest . |
| 28 | In the United Kingdom , gastric carcinoma is the sixth most common malignancy ; recent reports showed that there were 12750 cases and 10740 deaths in 19 ? ? . |
| 29 | The larger example is the sixth century Yerebatan Sarayi . |
| 30 | Edberg is the sixth seed to go out of the men 's championship after a record five seeds were beaten in the first round . |