Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McKee ( 1987 ) reports that siblings of unemployed men were the second most important category ( after parents ) to give assistance . |
| 2 | The second target is more demanding and was blocked by MITI on the grounds that Japan is already an efficient user of energy whose emissions of gaseous carbons are the third lowest in the industrial world . |
| 3 | Basic linguistic products such as phonetic spellcheckers were the first electronic handhelds to be brought to market . |
| 4 | One area where the Kennedy administration had started out with great hopes was the Third World . |
| 5 | The prediction of radiation from black holes was the first nontrivial result of combining Einstein 's general relativity with the quantum principle . |
| 6 | The idea of radiation from black holes was the first example of a prediction that depended in an essential way on both the great theories of this century , general relativity and quantum mechanics . |
| 7 | The argument over formal relations was the first of a succession of Japanese disputes with Korea and with other countries concerning Korea , which have formed a very substantial part of the story of Japan 's relations with both Asia and the West . |