Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were weaknesses — batteries were neither so good nor so light as they are today and in any case this was the first step . |
| 2 | That 's during the war yes and er , of course this is the first world war I were referring to and erm , the people appreciated this and we used to give it to them like you know . |
| 3 | Car 32 was the first to be extended and placed on bogies ( see 3 ) , although the old top cover was sometimes used . |
| 4 | In this study ii was the third strategy which was most commonly used ( 53 per cent ) followed by the fourth ( 39 per cent ) . |
| 5 | United have been going well in recent weeks , but they really could do with another win at home this was the last 6 weeks ago against Cambridge United . |
| 6 | It has remained of particular interest because its canon seven was the first to declare the marriage of clerics not only unlawful but invalid . |
| 7 | In the President 's citation it stated that the Jetstream 41 was the first aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Scotland for several decades and is testimony to the enterprise and teamwork of the company 's workforce . |
| 8 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |
| 9 | Going from there to , and that 's a sort of history of where things have happened over the previous four mon four months , to expectations about output this is the first survey since the recession began in which all regions , mainland regions of the U K say that they expect output to increase over the coming four months . |
| 10 | To our knowledge this is the first prospective study that has shown that bacterial pneumonia is associated with HIV seroconversion among intravenous drug misusers . |
| 11 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 12 | To our knowledge this is the first case of imported diphtheria acquired by a western tourist on a short trip to Russia , although each year over 400,000 Finnish citizens travel each year to Russia and about 200,000 Russians visit Finland . |
| 13 | No. 31 was the last to be broken up in July . |
| 14 | A feat in much the same league as Catriona Lambert 's opening 76 was the second round 74 handed in by Pauline Dobson , no relation to Helen albeit a similarly long hitter . |
| 15 | No. 1 was the first work she composed for herself to perform , and it is a pianistic tour de force . |
| 16 | No. 34 was the last to be broken up in June . |
| 17 | The A flat major Quartet Op. 105 is the last abstract work Dvořák wrote . |
| 18 | We will begin by illustrating the simplest form of melodic construction , where the melody is formed entirely by repetitions of a small rhythmic cell ( Example 11 ) : Example 11 is the first half of the melody , modulating from E minor to G. Notice how the melody , though apparently continuous , falls into four phrases , forming two main sentences . |
| 19 | The centre of the composition is a London terrace of three houses , but No 87 is the last house on the next terrace to the left of it . |
| 20 | Darlington Arts Centre THIS was the third time this season that jazz at the Arts Centre has clashed with a jazz concert elsewhere , this time with the Stan Tracey Octet in Gateshead . |
| 21 | The Abbey National was the first society to allow borrowers to see valuations and duly sent her a copy . |
| 22 | In 30 years of visiting the city this is the first time that I have experienced this state of affairs . |
| 23 | 0-4-0T Cadbury Number 2 was the first steam locomotive to work on the Severn Valley Railway 's Kidderminster Station Coal Yard Branch Line . |
| 24 | Adopted without a vote on Nov. 15 , Resolution 44/21 was the first General Assembly resolution of a political nature to be co-sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | Ben Denley on a Norton Model 18 was the first man to cover 100 miles in an hour |
| 26 | Thank you , Lot number eighty three Er Lot number eighty is the next to offer a soapstone carving there 's the soapstone carving showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten , a hundred and ten pounds any more at one hundred and ten all done , at one hundred and ten pounds . |
| 27 | Resolution 686 was the first passed by the UN Security Council on the Gulf crisis since that of Nov. 29 , 1990 [ Resolution 678 — see p. 37870 ] , which had provided the authority for the military action of the US-led coalition forces launched on Jan. 16 [ see p. 37934 ] . |
| 28 | Lot number eighteen is the next to offer that 's the bronze model the bronze model , I have fifty pounds offered to start me at fifty , fifty five , sixty pounds , at sixty five sixty five pounds any more ? |
| 29 | Lot number thirty is the next to offer and that 's the beaker there 's the beaker . |
| 30 | The EF One Eleven has a good safety record — in its eleven year history this was the first crash in peacetime . |