Example sentences of "[verb] is the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VG LIMS is the first Laboratory Information Management Systems to be available on the RS60000 series of IMB computers and represents a major breakthrough in this field . |
| 2 | We do the first bit who needs to be trained what do they need to know is the second |
| 3 | As the last record added is the first in the overflow chain , it is helpful if this physical order is also the logical order of the record keys . |
| 4 | The line to be edited is the second line in the file E.CLI . |
| 5 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 6 | The report , which the Children 's Society says is the first detailed study of runaway youngsters , calls for a national centralised system for collecting statistics on missing juveniles . |
| 7 | Xerox Corp 's Xerox Engineering Systems in Rochester , New York has come out with the Xerox 8812 plotter , which Adobe Systems Inc says is the first computer-aided design desktop output device equipped with PostScript : the 400dpi 8812 can be used as a laser plotter for engineering and architectural renderings , and as a PostScript Level 2 desktop printer for documents that combine CAD drawings , text and graphics ; it is bundled with 51 resident Type 1 fonts , Adobe Type Manager font scaling software , and print drivers that support both Macintosh and Windows systems ; it costs $7,000 with the PostScript software and with one paper tray . |
| 8 | The roaming agreement , which the operator says is the first of several to be signed this year , already enables Swiss users to call into the region of France that extends from south of Auxerre in northern Burgundy to Marseille and Nice . |
| 9 | For some this they hope is the first step on the road to a more stable musicl career to others it is just a bit of fun . |
| 10 | The day I have requested is the first day of the school holidays — Thursday 21st December at 10.45 am . |
| 11 | But , then , the most difficult movement to play is the third . |
| 12 | The earliest he cites is the first side of ‘ A Miniature Concert ’ , recorded on 26 February 1925 and issued on Victor 35753 ( and in Britain on Zonophone A302 ) . |
| 13 | It 's erm now we 're doing this you know so that the Holy Spirit , as you er remember is the third person in the trinity that we call God . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard Labs and AT&T Microelectronics have co-developed what they believe is the first technology to transmit data at 100 Mbits/s across existing voice-grade unshielded twisted-pair cable . |
| 15 | INROADS first Safe Driving Challenge which they believe is the first competition of its kind in Local Authority has been hailed as a great success . |
| 16 | But what the court has to consider is the third party 's responsibility for the damages in question . |
| 17 | The clue to what he meant is the last sentence from Lewis : ‘ The lines and masses of a statue are its soul ’ . |
| 18 | The only thing you have to be careful not to mention is the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 19 | The conversation which follows is the last in the book , and the weakest , too , a stagey means of imparting some crucial news for Bellow to fulminate against all that is rotten and cynical in American youth . |
| 20 | A cup from Locri ( fig. 111 ) with a satyr attacking an unperturbed maenad is by the Pistoxenos Painter , whose career seems to begin about the time of the Persian invasion , and one of whose earliest cups is the last to bear the name of Euphronios as potter . |
| 21 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 22 | With either system , the easiest place to add is the last light in the circuit , which is often the hall or landing light . |
| 23 | The producers , Rook Films , from Ewelme in Oxfordshire say the angle taken is the last impression they want to give . |
| 24 | I was one of the few ‘ non-official ’ witnesses at the inquiry into what I trust is the last colonial war that Britain will ever fight . |
| 25 | I consoled myself ; for if it is not possible to be free , perhaps to be hidden is the next best thing , and Lili 's presence gave me , as the hours went by , the feeling that I was growing less visible . |
| 26 | The court action we are bringing is the last chance to stop these damaging cuts . |
| 27 | English Literature 1 is governed by the concept of literary theory and literary period : the theory has a weighting towards narrative , and the period studied is the seventeenth century . |
| 28 | XSoft claims InConcert is the first product of its kind to manage people and work process in an organisation-wide setting with multivendor software and platform compatibility . |
| 29 | IPL Systems Inc , Waltham , Massachusetts is taking on IBM Corp with what it claims is the first 9337-compatible disk array subsystem for AS/400 users . |
| 30 | Ungermann-Bass has also announced what it claims is the first multi-protocol communications product for remote personal computers and terminals to be fully integrated into the hub environment . |