Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Algeria , which with 12,000,000 French speakers was the second largest French-speaking country after France , did not attend , viewing the gathering as a remnant from colonial days . |
| 2 | Cissé , who was also Kérékou 's soothsayer , and nine other defendants were the first members of the former regime to face criminal charges . |
| 3 | Five new openings were the first of 18 new crossing points announced yesterday by the East German authorities . |
| 4 | Four Independent Companies were the first British special service forces in action in World War II . |
| 5 | The two strategic suburbs are the last Bosnian-held areas west of the main highway linking Sarajevo with the airport and if they fall the Serbs will control the vital road . |