Example sentences of "'s [num ord] [noun sg] was [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry 's first inclination was to ignore the request . |
| 2 | There was no question that the Government 's first duty was to preserve the safety of the task force but the loss of life cast an enormous shadow . |
| 3 | Smith 's first task was to improve the ground 's facilities . |
| 4 | The Land Commission 's first task was to assess the availability of , and demand for , land for house-building , particularly in the areas of greatest pressure . |
| 5 | The dealer 's first task was to get the client to agree to sell his Rolls Royce shares . |
| 6 | Whatever the institutional form of the state machine , whether the limited democracy of Germany under the Kaiser or the autocracy of Czarist Russia , the proletariat 's first task was to smash the state apparatus in a revolutionary push for power . |
| 7 | With the war in Vietnam in mind , Nixon 's first step was to review the role of the USA across the world . |
| 8 | Mr Newmarch 's next task was to tackle the 10,000 salesforce . |