Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whispered words were the first brave Leslie , 29 , spoke after regaining consciousness and being taken off a life support machine . |
| 2 | The key words were the last . |
| 3 | But if airships were the last word in luxury then the penultimate word belonged to the flying boat . |
| 4 | Set in the pretty Lanarkshire town of Biggar the gasworks were the last in Scotland , now preserved for future generations to show how this once thriving industry provided gas for both private homes and street lighting . |
| 5 | On present evidence it appears that Classical Greek craftsmen were the first to employ enamel , but that it was the Byzantine Greeks who carried the craft to a new level of accomplishment in the service of the imperial court and the rituals of eastern Christianity . |
| 6 | Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These cars were the last to be constructed by English Electric for Blackpool , and the last trams that they built in their East Works , now used by British Aerospace . |
| 9 | Bullock and Keith Davies of the opposing club Channels were the last duo left on the course in the afternoon singles . |
| 10 | The Royal Scots were the third infantry battalion in the Army to convert from the older FV 432 to Warrior . |
| 11 | Dave 's verdict : the Atlas is a completely new bag and we at Outdoor Action were the first to test it . |
| 12 | WHEN Newry 's Errol Lutton makes his Ulster senior debut in the inter-provincials next weekend in Dublin he can thank his lucky stars that his club were the first to complete their Senior One fixtures this season … otherwise he would have missed his big chance . |
| 13 | The visit to Wagner 's Swiss home , Tribschen , in mid-May was the first of over twenty such visits made between 1869 and 1872 , the year in which first BT appeared and then , a few months later , Wagner , with his wife Cosima , moved to illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Wagner 's friend Hans von Bulow , eloped with Wagner in 1866 and married him in 1870 . |
| 14 | Religion was the first vehicle for general thoughts about existence . |
| 15 | Sir Billy Butlin was the first to deal with the problem of the straying guest in his original holidays camps . |
| 16 | ‘ Will ye shut up ? ’ from Nellie was the last thing the old couple heard as they watched the cart disappear down the track . |
| 17 | Gregson was the first in and he looked across at Scott indifferently as Finn entered , smiling thinly by way of a greeting . |
| 18 | Flaming Ears was the fourth and I joined three of my colleagues in a mini-mass walkout of this totally unstructured , ineptly shot , meaningless mish-mash of an Austrian vampire lesbian flick set in the year 2700 . |
| 19 | Many felt sympathy with Morrissey 's stance over this , but many did n't , preferring instead to follow Julie Burchill 's line that Bands Aid was the first record in the history of popular music that actually achieved a positive result ; that Band Aid made the likes of The Redskins quake in their Doc Marten 's and feel totally inconsequential . |
| 20 | His returned warranty card was the first drawn out for the month of April under a new scheme to encourage registration of pumps and a faster system of repair as featured in February 's Newsround . |
| 21 | The Tokyo-based company refused to confirm the price , but said the deal was the first of ‘ a number of long-term investments in Britain' . |
| 22 | Oudran was the first police officer to be convicted for his conduct during the demonstration . |
| 23 | The police force was the first public sector occupation to achieve widows ' pensions as such . |
| 24 | Tuesday was the last day of uncertainty . |
| 25 | TUESDAY WAS the third and last day of the Pipeline Masters . |
| 26 | Left-hander Jimmy Adams was the last man out for a defiant 47 . |
| 27 | Held 2–8 March , the fair enjoyed twice as much space in its new premises , the Grand Palais , as it had done in its former venue , the basement of the Hotel George V. Still an all-French affair despite the eagerness of foreign galleries to get in , this year 's Salon was the first to include nine contemporary dealers , including Gerald Piltzer who made a last minute decision to join in . |
| 28 | Back in Belfast , it was getting close to printing time , but men who thought they had finished work for the day were summoned from the former Brown Horse pub across the street and the result was that the ISN was the first paper in the world to carry the tragic story . |
| 29 | A Colour Atlas of AIDS was the first book of its kind : written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain it comprehensively described in words and outstanding colour photography all aspects of this pandemic disease from epidemiology to transmission and prevention . |
| 30 | ‘ In March a Policy Directions Paper was accepted by the Council.This was the second stage in the process leading to production of the Plan , linking an earlier Issues and Context Report and the draft Plan . ’ |