Example sentences of "of [noun sg] is the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow . |
| 2 | Kyle of Lochalsh is the next port of call , and the way to it from Plockton returns to the T-junction at Duirinish , turns along its main street and skirts the next village of Drumbuie , scene of a great hullabaloo two decades ago when a proposal to construct an oilrig installation off-shore was repulsed by spirited opposition , a home subsequently being found for it on an uninhabited shore of Loch Kishorn . |
| 3 | New figures from the British Audience Research Bureau show that A Question of Sport is the sixth most popular programme among FT readers , but does n't feature in the top ten Sunday Sport readers ' list at all . |
| 4 | That level of professionalism is the second quality Gordon has in abundance . |
| 5 | Size of population is the first question : some polyptychs enumerate not only peasant households but individual members of them ( as for instance : " X , his wife Y , and their three children A , B and C have one mansus [ peasant-holding ] " ) . |
| 6 | This awareness of need is the first level of understanding in coming to faith , and if there is any deficiency at this fundamental level , doubt will strike later on . |
| 7 | In the preface of his book of etchings 78 Studies ( 1809 ) he says ‘ He has always considered fidelity of imitation is the first improvement in the fine arts . ’ |
| 8 | an assertion of realism is the first recourse of any oppressed group wishing to combat the ideology promulgated by the media in the interests of hegemonic power . |
| 9 | It may be difficult , but keeping your home clear of clutter is the first step . |
| 10 | The wall of night is the last likeness , |
| 11 | If , instead of ( 29 ) , I say ( 30 ) , then I direct you to pay particular attention and care to each of the operations involved in doing ( 29 ) , this being an implicature of the use of the longer expression : ( 29 ) Open the door ( 30 ) Walk up to the door , turn the door handle clockwise as far as it will go , and then pull gently towards you But perhaps the most important of the sub-maxims of Manner is the fourth , " be orderly " . |
| 12 | Yes her date of birth is the twentieth of the first nineteen fifty eight . |
| 13 | The line of putt is the first consideration . |
| 14 | Although the election of Avitus is the last Auvergnat election covered by Gregory , two saints ' Lives allow us to take up the story again a century later . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | An excellent example of polytonality is the third movement of Hindemith 's Five Pieces for String Orchestra , Op. 44 . |
| 17 | The seasonality of advertising is the first consideration , either because the budget is too small to spread over a full year , or because even a very large budget could be weighted towards certain times of year . |
| 18 | A recent inclusion to this Kensington palace of culture is the 20th Century Gallery , the museum 's interpretation of design in this century . |
| 19 | 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 . ) |
| 20 | Wings of Oracle is the first sponsored boat likely to sail in a British Admiral 's Cup team . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ The work of conversion is the first thing we must drive at and labour with all our might to effect ; then to build up those that are truly converted . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps the most surprising of these five failures to find an objective measure of pain is the last . |
| 23 | However , the main point of interest is the first part of the text . |
| 24 | HAMPSHIRE County Council 's Farnborough College of Technology is the first education and training establishment in the country to be awarded the BS 5750 mark of quality for their customised training for business . |
| 25 | The method of production is the first step in assessing the VXK of the wine . |
| 26 | 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 . |