Example sentences of "[adv] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendal had long been the second most important wool town in the country : Carlisle was the biggest town in the Border Marches . |
| 2 | Many sea-green incorruptibles will be there , but might this commercial fair be the first harbinger of green over-kill ? |
| 3 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 4 | It will only be the fourth year before the accounts go back to independent examination . |
| 5 | Much better is the next game |
| 6 | Choosing the typeface and style to produce the document in is the next biggest hurdle . |
| 7 | So is the next . |
| 8 | The chick inside is the first of its species to be incubated in captivity . |
| 9 | As the Lord Mayor Albert was also returning officer on the night and so was the first to see the result . |
| 10 | Because so was the last lump , hard and then it was like you know ? |
| 11 | He had lent his telephone to a colleague , and so was the last to leave the Press box as he transmitted his Rangers-Celtic match report . |
| 12 | So was the next one . |
| 13 | So was the next . |
| 14 | The value or size of the property a person lived in was the next best indicator . |
| 15 | The original Home Alone was the third biggest box office release in the history of the cinema where it was seen by 6 million people . |
| 16 | She had not been the first woman to offer him a smile during the past few hour . |
| 17 | Crawford had not been the first choice to play Feste , until Colin Graham — who directed him in Benjamin Britten productions was brought in . |
| 18 | Insensitive handling of cash-flow by Accounts might just be the last straw to turn a key person away from you when you need him or her the most . |
| 19 | So I do n't think there will be a big national impact , it 'll just be the last few people coming in at the tail end . |
| 20 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 21 | The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent . |
| 22 | NO DOUBT I shall not be the first person to point out to your wine buff Malcolm Gluck ( Domaine Anthea ‘ 87 , et al , Food & Drink , October 28 ) that it was Althea — not Anthea — who received a note written from prison . |
| 23 | He will not be the first cabinet secretary to sell this line of being a decent person savaged by a three-headed Cerberus in the White House . |
| 24 | There was another small silence which Clarissa found she could not be the first to break . |
| 25 | But if this colt was beaten today , he would certainly not be the first winter favourite for a Classic to flop first time out as a three-year-old . |
| 26 | It will not be the first match involving a South African representative side on West Indian soil ; symbolically that honour befell the Jamaican and South African under-19 teams who met in a 50-over contest yesterday just outside Kingston . |
| 27 | Coetzer would not be the first South African Bruno has faced . |
| 28 | It would not be the first to do so , though it would be the biggest . |
| 29 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 30 | This public celebration is still usually followed by the private honeymoon , despite the fact that for many it will not be the first holiday they have had together . |