Example sentences of "[noun pl] are the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tune into the harmony of your developing fragrance : Top Notes are the first scent you 'll smell , but these are volatile and do n't last . |
| 2 | Fortunately , for most of us , the business of dividing up an estate does not involve nearly as much emotional wear and tear , and material possessions are the last things on your mind when you lose someone you love . |
| 3 | The two clubs are the first set up by the recreation support unit of Darlington Borough Council . |
| 4 | Fruit and vegetables are the second most valuable item to South Africa 's economy and earned $119 million in 1987 — a fall of 5% on 1986 — reflecting the impact of consumer boycotts in the West . |
| 5 | Bottle tops , silver paper and tin cans are the last things you should throw away . |
| 6 | Michael Ainslie ( also an American ) , acknowledged that salaries are linked to an individual ( rather than departmental ) bonus scheme but denied that Mr Faxon 's new contracts are the first step towards individual commission-based salaries . |
| 7 | Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday entered the emerging digital video- and wideband communications markets with announcement of products for video production , editing , broadcast , transmission and distribution : the new products are the first in an extensive line planned by the company , and include professional studio equipment and systems to monitor transmission quality ; they are being introduced by the company 's newly formed Video Communications Division in Santa Clara . |
| 8 | I tell him that in a depression , manners are the first casualties . |
| 9 | I mean , God 's sake , let them particularly journalists are the last people to insult |
| 10 | Grid Computers are the first company to produce a specially designed pen notebook portable computer . |
| 11 | The stringencies built into the economy are serious disadvantages and salutary disciplines : Soviet designers are the last to confuse the most advanced solution with the most effective one . |
| 12 | King penguins are the second largest of all the penguin tribe , only exceeded in size by the emperor penguin which breeds on the sea ice of the cold Antarctic continent . |
| 13 | The prizes as stated will be awarded to those readers whose correct entries are the first drawn out of the bag after the competition 's closing date . |
| 14 | Our teenagers are the first generation of young people to begin their sex lives under the shadow of AIDS . |
| 15 | David Hockney 's set designs are the first he has done for Covent Garden . |
| 16 | And harder than the first months are the first weeks . |
| 17 | It is possible to suggest an implicational series , using the symbols suggested in chapter 4.5 : as the rule diffuses through the lexicon , monosyllabic T environments are the first to be affected by it , followed by monosyllabic D environments , with the polysyllables being the last to be affected . |
| 18 | These sensations are the first acute symptoms of anxiety , often leading to hyperventilation and to the initiation of catastrophic panic thoughts . |
| 19 | Winners are the first correct entries drawn . |
| 20 | Senior consultants and local politicians fear plans to create powerful purchasing consortiums among the region 's 15 districts are the first step towards merger . |
| 21 | The eight-strong team of engineers and draughtsmen are the first outside tenants to move into the prestigious development , at Ingwell , near Whitehaven . |
| 22 | Scottish parents are the second most generous , giving an average £4.50 a week . |
| 23 | The trials are the first to show an effect of prophylactic vitamin A supplementation on morbidity or mortality in Africa . |
| 24 | Consequently these areas are the first to exhibit extra fat and the last to actually reduce . |
| 25 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 26 | Directors need to make swift , well-informed decisions to ensure that their companies are the first to react and are able to grow at their competitors ' expense . |
| 27 | These three periods are the second quarter of the eighteenth century , the two decades after the Napoleonic Wars , and the so-called Great Depression of the late Victorian period . |
| 28 | TODAY 'S Birthday Honours are the last before the do-it-yourself system comes into play for the New Year awards . |
| 29 | Engineers are the next most frequently used experts . |
| 30 | He begins by summarising that for the obvious reasons of inaccessibility and defences , the peoples who reside among mountains are the last to be conquered : he progresses to consider similarly-caused impediments to civilisation : he deduces the part remoteness plays in the preservation of ancient languages . |