Example sentences of "a [noun sg] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was eerie listening to this voice , one moment high and hysterical , sibilant as a snake 's the next , issuing from the shadows as if directed down that merciless beam of light . |
| 2 | ‘ I must admit a fight is the last thing I feel like right now . |
| 3 | Except in cases of oxygen starvation , when the biggest fish in a pond are the first to succumb , it is the tiddlers that react worst to poor water quality , bacterial or parasitic problems . |
| 4 | The larger transnationals commonly train key staff at headquarters ( usually US and European ) and for some , a job in the factory of such a parent is the first step in a global career . |
| 5 | The following fragment of a manuscript is the third in our series ‘ Women : 50 years ago ’ . |
| 6 | The author of a work is the first owner of the copyright in the work . |
| 7 | Dana would be startled to see her , and a scene was the last thing either of them needed . |
| 8 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 9 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 10 | The collision between a BMW and a lorry was the third serious crash in three weeks on the road . |
| 11 | A pencil is the first prerequisite , so that the inevitable errors can be rubbed out ; softer leads need sharpening more often but stand out better . |
| 12 | A baby was the last thing she expected to see in the servants ' quarters , especially as Rosa looked far beyond her child-bearing years . |
| 13 | How a president and council representative can support a centre was the last subject of the afternoon when Don Piper FCIB , Council Representative , Bromley & North Kent , and John Harris FCIB , President , London West End addressed all 255 delegates . |
| 14 | As she caught the jagged edges of skin together with as delicate a stitch as she could — the patient was a young woman , and a scar was the last thing she would want — Shelley said , ‘ That roundabout is terribly dangerous . |
| 15 | To summarise the analysis of ‘ is it you ’ so far , it is an utterance of three syllables , composed of one tone-unit ; the only syllable that carries a tone is the third one . |
| 16 | a widow is the first line of a paragraph left alone at the foot of a page and an orphan is the last line of a paragraph carried over to the top of a new page . |
| 17 | Attacking it with a nailfile is the next best thing — hang on , I 'll show you . ’ |
| 18 | In there I have to be courteous but I 'll never forget that you and that bloody rogue of a servant were the last to see my clerk alive ! ’ |
| 19 | Siemens and Halske , the famous electrical firm set up in 1847 , got its first capital from a cousin ; a brother was the first salaried employee and nothing was more natural than that the three brothers Werner , Carl and William should take charge respectively of the Berlin , St Petersburg and London branches . |
| 20 | ‘ In those days seeing a comedian was the last thing you 'd do unless it was in some working men 's club . ’ |