Example sentences of "[adj] [num ord] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in the Ruhr Coal Basin i.e. at the southern margin of the N.W. German Basin , this first coalification was the only one ( in places at least the predominant one ) because , there , the coal reached its deepest level of subsidence and its highest rock temperature before the Asturian folding ( which occurred at the boundary between Westphalian D and Stephanian ) , this late Variscan folding combined with an uplift of the Carboniferous , was much less intense further to the north . |
| 2 | Among the interesting things to emerge from this first study was the way in which teachers equated formal evaluation exclusively with pupil assessment . |
| 3 | A more enduring product of this last trip was the motet Exsultate , jubilate , K. 165 , written for the principal singer Venanzio Rauzzini ( who was a male soprano , one of the many victims of the still prevalent barbaric custom of castrating the most talented boy singers before their voices broke ) . |
| 4 | A key figure for this last task was the archbishop of Canterbury , but not all were as reliable or as effective on the king 's behalf as Sudbury proved to be : Islip ( 1349–66 ) had not secured the sexennial grant requested in 1356 , although probably even Sudbury would have had problems with such an extreme proposal ; and after Sudbury , Courtenay ( 1381–96 ) was not always obliging . |
| 5 | This last comment was the only one I could feel was definitely true . |
| 6 | This last prospect was the one that caused the thin man most unease and was therefore the one he thought most probable . |
| 7 | According to Thompson the early nineteenth century was the time of : |
| 8 | The early eighteenth century was the most successful period of the School 's activity since its foundation . |
| 9 | But the late nineteenth century was the time that general health insurance was introduced in countries like Germany . |
| 10 | The rise of the Nevilles and the Percies in the late fourteenth century was the first occasion when families of genuine northern origin came into the front rank of the nobility — one may exclude the duchy of Lancaster from any such comment , because it was closely connected with the royal family and also held substantial lands in the Midlands and the South . |
| 11 | Kinnear said : ‘ The way we played at Mancheser United last week was the highlight of our season so far . |
| 12 | The most important engagement of that first campaign was the fiercely contested battle at Freiburg against Bavarian forces . |
| 13 | ‘ That first night was the worst night ever of my life . ’ |
| 14 | And those of you who recalled rightly , that seventeen next birthday was the answer , put down C , as the correct answer . |
| 15 | The price tag of almost £100m , and the fact that Fuji has agreed to a minority stake , has clearly also provided Mr Branson with reassurance — if he needed any — that taking Virgin private last year was the right thing to do . |
| 16 | ‘ You knew , did you not , that last night was the opening night ; It is not a suitable hour to disturb me . ’ |
| 17 | DeVore smiled appreciatively ; that last touch was the subtlest of insults . |