Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [adv] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The positioning of the boiler may well be the first consideration . |
| 2 | Insensitive handling of cash-flow by Accounts might just be the last straw to turn a key person away from you when you need him or her the most . |
| 3 | Construction and property companies will therefore be the last to benefit when economic conditions eventually improve . |
| 4 | A final significance here is that Klementiev 's silver medal could possibly be the last ever to be won by the USSR . |
| 5 | But Lightbody must surely be the first not to get a senior trial in his year as Irish singles champion . |
| 6 | By rights , Razorblade Smile could easily be the Next Big Thing . |
| 7 | Of course the converse can be said , as several knobbly and bow-legged clerics would humbly be the first to acknowledge . |
| 8 | So Britain may well be the last place engineers from the impoverished Third World come to train , or to buy telecommunications equipment . |
| 9 | Babur says , ‘ The doctor says the next opportunistic infection will probably be the last . ’ |
| 10 | A good public relations executive can often be the first person to tell a client of a new fact about his competitor . |
| 11 | That year will also be the 50th anniversary of the fall of Shanghai to the Communists , an event that ravaged the Keswick family fortunes . |
| 12 | The system will likely be the first in a series of RS/6000 multi-processors that could eventually incorporate up to 16 CPUs . |
| 13 | Even so , he believes The Regent will probably be the last of the ‘ grand ’ hotels to open in the capital , although he says there is no limit to the room rate , if the product is perfect . |