Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm not good enough I 'll be the first to admit it . ’ |
| 2 | Hopefully it would be the last she saw of her lesbian lover . |
| 3 | Brian Deane has scored his first goal at Elland Road ( thank god ) and hopefully it will be the first of many — he does tend to have a hand in the build up to many of our goals but really he was bought to SCORE the bloody things . |
| 4 | It was in these and these alone that we were determined to reach our goal , for not only was our finance conditional on such a journey , but also it might be the last opportunity for anyone to make this historic voyage before the Bugis ' prahus were gone for ever . |
| 5 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 6 | but then he started doi you know , a few weeks ago it wa , well it 'll be the fourth week I should think ! |
| 7 | If she did , then she would be the first who cared anything for his opinions since his old master died . |
| 8 | If it is , maybe it will be the first of many . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe mine will be the next wedding in the church of Santa Barbara . ’ |
| 10 | The overlap with the districts needs to be eradicated , it 's a black hole at the moment , every district can pass a its surplus on to another district , and indeed it would be the last district to prepare a district wide local plan that has to meet the residue of the Greater York requirement , it may maybe a good stimulus for the districts to get on with their local plans , but that 's not an planning way . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the union said that if negotiations failed , there would be no alternative to strike action.If the strike goes ahead it will be the first ever nationwide strike to take place in The Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 12 | Significantly he will be the first President of MCC under the new tenure of office regulations to fulfil the role over two years . |