Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest experiments were the last , at Denver and Seattle . |
| 2 | i watched the game at a sports pub here in Trondheim with lots of other Leeds-fans and i think a saw an ipswich shirt or two also ; - ) — in fact the Scandinavian Whites is the third largest supporter club in Scand. — after Scum and Liverpool . |
| 3 | The French shops were the first to use the dark green exterior , which became an instantly recognizable hallmark of ‘ country ’ quality , and were also the first to have architect-designed wooden interiors . |
| 4 | The 1960 tourists were the first South African cricketers to be aware of the growing resentments to apartheid and the whole trip , destined to be the last full English tour by the Springboks , was overshadowed by demonstrations . |
| 5 | The current excavations are the first time that the theatre 's remains have been seen since that destruction . |
| 6 | See what I 'm saying is the key task if you break it down is what are the key elements is the first way of identifying a trainee . |
| 7 | The key words were the last . |
| 8 | The jobless figures were the first economic indicators to come out during the campaign , there are many more before election day . |
| 9 | And harder than the first months are the first weeks . |
| 10 | And harder than the first weeks are the first days . |
| 11 | Knowing they could expect no mercy from the revenge-crazed mob , the Annamese cai were the first to turn and flee , and the two terrified Frenchmen followed them . |
| 12 | Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks ' high-handed attitude . |
| 13 | Also relating to the issue of reliance on the accounts , I should correct the statement in your report that ‘ the 1982 accounts were the last audit completed and signed ’ . |
| 14 | The two clubs are the first set up by the recreation support unit of Darlington Borough Council . |
| 15 | The whispered words were the first brave Leslie , 29 , spoke after regaining consciousness and being taken off a life support machine . |
| 16 | The 1965 changes were the first significant constitutional development since 1957 , in that they provided for a review of the purposes and activities of the Community , incorporating also a schedule for a single European Community by 1970 . |
| 17 | Denoting the intrinsic energy change by — U we have the equation and for the whole body Now the rate at which work is done by the external forces is The second integral converts by Gauss 's theorem to Now is we assume infinitesimal strains we may write and the second term vanishes in the summations . |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday entered the emerging digital video- and wideband communications markets with announcement of products for video production , editing , broadcast , transmission and distribution : the new products are the first in an extensive line planned by the company , and include professional studio equipment and systems to monitor transmission quality ; they are being introduced by the company 's newly formed Video Communications Division in Santa Clara . |
| 19 | The new modules are the first to emanate from OSF 's Request for Technology issued last summer for the supply of components to the next generation of its user interface , UEC II ( UX No 399 ) . |
| 20 | The Royal Scots were the third infantry battalion in the Army to convert from the older FV 432 to Warrior . |
| 21 | The Bandung talks were the second workshop to be held since Indonesia launched its South China Sea initiative in 1990 . |
| 22 | The Cromwellian licensors were the last government controllers of the press in peacetime . |