Example sentences of "of [noun] be the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The age of hair was the first ⅗ of the 70s . |
| 2 | Juraj Sizgorić ( Georgius Sisgoreus ) of Šibenik was the first Croatian to publish a volume of Latin verse , which appeared in Venice in 1477 . |
| 3 | MD Foods of Denmark is the fourth largest dairy business in the world , bringing us Lurpak butter and cheeses , including the ever popular Danish blue . |
| 4 | After Verzenay , the vineyard of Ambonnay is the second largest of all the grands crus . |
| 5 | The sale of Irises was the first important test of the art market 's resilience to Black Monday , the stock market crash of 19 October 1987 . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the total number of casualties is the second lowest annual total since the Region was formed in 1975 . |
| 7 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 8 | The doping of Flash Of Straw is the first confirmed case since 1990 , when Norwich and Bravefoot ( at Doncaster ) and Flying Diva ( at Yarmouth ) were ‘ got at ’ . |
| 9 | The political-economic structures behind the range of choices is the next necessary analytical step and opens up wider concerns at the local , national and international level . |
| 10 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 11 | The Battle of Edgehill was the first major conflict of the English Civil war and as such the Sealed Knot Society wanted to mark it properly . |
| 12 | Conrad 's Heart of Darkness is the first English modernist novel , it was written at the break of the century , a time of great change and movement ( for example , electricity , airplanes , telephone were all invented , democracy and freud emerged . ) |
| 13 | Wings of Oracle is the first sponsored boat likely to sail in a British Admiral 's Cup team . |
| 14 | An Illustrated History of Hartburn Village Through The Passage of Time is the third local history published by Printability Publishing of Lower Church Street , Hartlepool . |
| 15 | If the siege of Madrid was the first major epic of the Civil War , the Battle of the Ebro , similarly recorded in song , poetry and prose , was the last . |