Example sentences of "[noun prp] is the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marks and Spencer is the first Northern Ireland company to enter this year 's Employees in the Community Awards . |
| 2 | Ewan is the 2,000th disabled person to find a job in the area of Glasgow , Renfrew and Dumbarton since the Employment Service set up a committee to spearhead initiatives in this field more than a year ago . |
| 3 | JEANETTE CUNNINGHAM is the first black woman to be appointed to Bolton 's adoption and fostering panel . |
| 4 | Markham is the first offshore development lying across the UK/Netherlands median line . |
| 5 | er of being unemployed the thi Neil is the third lodger , of course tha who get 's out of the pit at about eleven o' clock in the morning ! |
| 6 | Mr Alan Henn is the 359th Master of the Clockmakers ' Company . |
| 7 | LASMO , which continues as operator , and Shell each have a 47.5 per cent interest , while the Oil and Gas Development Corporation of Pakistan is the third partner with a five per cent holding . |
| 8 | Although Crufts is the first show of the year , the Championship shows continue throughout the summer . |
| 9 | Members of a hospital support group in Castlewellan wrote to all three European MPs in the province and Dr Paisley is the first to respond , saying he will lobby the Eastern Health Board to prevent the proposed run-down at the hospital . |
| 10 | His death in Brisbane is the third tragedy to hit estranged wife Sue and heartbroken parents Maurice and Marlene . |
| 11 | Good Friday is the thirteenth of May so it 's not too bad . |
| 12 | Vauville is the second area for conservation . |
| 13 | O'Leary is the first off the production line . |
| 14 | Excalibur Technologies Corp , developer of the PixTex/EFS document image management and control system which has been well received in the US , launched a UK subsidiary last month : Excalibur Technologies International Ltd , based in Windsor , Berkshire is the first of several operations the company plans for Europe . |
| 15 | The Waverley is the last paddle steamer to be built on the Clyde . |
| 16 | ‘ Erik is the first to admit that when he first joined us , he found the physical demands a bit difficult , ’ said Clemence . |
| 17 | ‘ Edward is the first royal star , ’ one newspaper wrote , ‘ and he is now the most famous man in the world . |
| 18 | This Figaro is the first time he has tackled an opera written by someone other than himself . |
| 19 | NEC is the third biggest computer manufacturer in Japan after Fujitsu and IBM Japan . |
| 20 | Freud is the first , and only , contemporary artist whom he has represented . |
| 21 | Rilly-la-Montagne is the first significant growth , in terms of quality and quantity , to be encountered on the D26 , as one winds one 's way eastwards from the N51 through the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 22 | With 39 caps to his credit , Thomson is the third most capped Scot , behind Charlie Green and George Macgregor . |
| 23 | The ADP ( automated data processing ) unit at Bootle is the first phase of a programme known as the Immigration and |
| 24 | The third Thursday in May is the last one . |
| 25 | Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100–RZ999 ( Air Britain , 176pp , illus , sbk , £15.00 ) compiled by James Halley is the last in the monumental series of 23 registers of RAF aircraft between J1 and WZ999 , spanning a period of over 60 years . |
| 26 | The current opposition has to capture 94 seats to secure an overall majority — and Peterborough is the 95th . |
| 27 | ‘ Sir Vivien is the eleventh baronet and is the only surviving son of Sir Tregarron Blacker , the celebrated big-game hunter who died in the sinking of the Titanic , together with his wife , Lady Mabel . |
| 28 | PowerPC is the second implementation of Sun Unix outside the Sparc CPU base . |
| 29 | PowerPC is the second port of Sun Unix outside the company 's Sparc CPU base . |
| 30 | It also solves the eternal problem for single parents of developing new relationships , something that Tatiana is the first to admit to . |