Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 2 | Excessive expenditure is indicative of misuse or other problems and under-spending is equally significant as it may be the first clear sign that cleaning is not being carried out to its proper extent . |
| 3 | I think Berkshire had a very rough ride and others too and they 're saying exactly the sorts of things that are being said in this county and it may be the last strategic plan on the county too , so it 's a very important document . |
| 4 | If I 've got my drinking head on it 'll be the first three pints in about fifteen minutes if that . |
| 5 | If it does , it 'll be the first back bench measure for 8 years to reach the statute book . |
| 6 | But it 'll be the next few weeks . |
| 7 | Yeah if we do get the boot it 'll be the next few months . |
| 8 | It could be the first modern private toll road north of the border . |
| 9 | And he said last night : ‘ It could be the first all-ticket tribunal ! |
| 10 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 11 | It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere . |
| 12 | If the ostriches were indeed infected with BSE by this route , it would be the first recorded case of the disease being transmitted from cattle to birds [ see Eds passim ] . |
| 13 | If Pearl decided to resist the overtures of AMP it will be the second major takeover battle in the British life assurance sector in barely two years . |
| 14 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 15 | It will be the first official meeting between an Irish president and a British sovereign since Ireland achieved independence from Britain 71 years ago . |
| 16 | It will be the first international tribunal of its kind since the main allied powers set up courts at Nuremberg and Tokyo after the Second World War to try leading Axis war criminals . |
| 17 | Fujitsu Ltd is preparing to plunge into the massively parallel processing market with a machine that it claims delivers 300 GFLOPS peak using ‘ only a few hundred processors ’ : on current plans , it will be the first major computer manufacturer to enter the market with its own machine rather than one bought in . |
| 18 | It will be the first grand event after the Christmas and New Year celebrations , and I am determined to make it a success . |
| 19 | It will be the first such treaty since 1766 . |
| 20 | It will be the first Japanese car-maker to go into business in Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | I was delighted to learn recently that Arcam has announced that it will be the first British company in 10 years to make a cassette deck here in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | When complete this autumn it will be the first purpose-built amenity to offer homeless youngsters short-stay accommodation coupled with skills training . |
| 23 | It will be the first royal re-marriage since Henry VIII and a sure sign the monarchy is moving with the times . |
| 24 | The investigation is being led by Det Supt Eric John , and if the police launch a murder inquiry it will be the third unsolved killing in the Lothians in the last five weeks . |
| 25 | It will be the fourth largest pharmacy chain in the UK with 153 outlets . |
| 26 | It will be the 50th Irish match at this venue since the first in 1868 . |
| 27 | If accepted by the Australian government it will be the last major link in a global network . |