Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [modal v] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an error occurs within a procedure or function , the value of any PRIVATE variables will be the last value they were set to within the procedure or function which gave rise to the error . |
| 2 | It 's spokesman , Zelda Westmeads , says the children of broken marriages would be the first to benefit from the change . |
| 3 | Today 's generation of old women may be the last to live a lifetime of socially accepted wagelessness . |
| 4 | The Talmud provides that the Jewish parents must be the first teachers . ’ |
| 5 | Those stuck with middle-range properties would be the last to feel the benefits , but with movement above and below the effects would filter through . |
| 6 | When our second child was very ill , the most distressing thought was that total strangers would be the last to touch him . |
| 7 | So as yesterday 's half-year figures could be the last Tootal releases as an independent company , it is no surprise it worked hard to make them look good . |
| 8 | ‘ The neighbouring countries would be the first to suffer from more general sanctions against South Africa , and for very understandable reasons have not imposed them themselves . ’ |
| 9 | One of the essential positions must be the first point of entry for the fire fighting service . |
| 10 | The next likely period for the initiation of planned villages would be the eleventh to mid twelfth centuries , as demonstrated by June Sheppard when she looked at village plans in relation to early fiscal arrangements . |
| 11 | On past form , secondary schools in Conservative areas will be the first to take the plunge . |
| 12 | Their proposed Lunar Tours will be the first series of commercial space flights to the moon . |
| 13 | The latest sale has sparked speculation that Eagle Star 's South African operations could be the next to go . |
| 14 | In his annual State of the Union address to Congress [ see also pp. 38711-12 ] , Bush said that the proposed cuts would be the last of their kind , amounting to US$50,400 million over five years . |