Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juraj Sizgorić ( Georgius Sisgoreus ) of Šibenik was the first Croatian to publish a volume of Latin verse , which appeared in Venice in 1477 . |
| 2 | The Isle of Moila is the first stop past Tobermory . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some believed his claim that the invasion of Kuwait was the first step towards the liberation of Palestine , and/or a blow in favour of the Arab poor ( of which the Maghreb has its share ) . |
| 5 | MD Foods of Denmark is the fourth largest dairy business in the world , bringing us Lurpak butter and cheeses , including the ever popular Danish blue . |
| 6 | After Verzenay , the vineyard of Ambonnay is the second largest of all the grands crus . |
| 7 | Eric of Mallion was the first champion to be born in this country , but not the first to gain this title because he did not actually become a champion until he was seven years old . |
| 8 | Abelard of Mallion was the first Rottweiler to be used by the Metropolitan Police and was handled by Inspector Roy Hunter . |
| 9 | Professor Dyos ' study of Camberwell was the first in a series of examinations which have enabled us to see how the ubiquitous terraced streets of our great cities were laid out and slowly built up in a highly complex way , for a whole series of social and economic reasons . |
| 10 | Arhalien of Yvresse was the first to respond . |
| 11 | The Lickbarrow v. Mason decisions by the House of Lords were the first ( at least in Anglo-American law ) to establish that a consignor 's right to stop the goods before they reached the consignee was subordinate to the rights of the consignee 's endorsee holding such a bill . |
| 12 | The see of Durham was the fourth senior see in the Church . |
| 13 | A recent visit to the Festival of Photoreportage was the first time that Tony had met other members of the group , ‘ Some of them I did n't know and for me that was the wondrous part of being at Perpignan . ’ |
| 14 | The Battle of Edgehill was the first major conflict of the English Civil war and as such the Sealed Knot Society wanted to mark it properly . |
| 15 | In October , three days before the wedding , Abbot Kenneth of Iona was the first to arrive , followed by ship after ship bearing not just the heads of the Maclean households from Colonsay to Loch Eil , but their wives and children , cousins and friends . |
| 16 | Probably the most remarkable native of Howden was the 12th century historian Roger de Hoveden , confidante of King Henry II and friend of Thomas a Becket . |
| 17 | If the siege of Madrid was the first major epic of the Civil War , the Battle of the Ebro , similarly recorded in song , poetry and prose , was the last . |
| 18 | Our ride with Stig is the last ride we make . |
| 19 | His association with Wessels was the first of his two important stands . |
| 20 | The Charter had a negligible effect on Britain : it was only published in Greek and French , with Warsaw being the first city for which a plan applying the Charter 's principles was drawn up . |
| 21 | Bartram 's dispute with Souness was the first of several highly publicised fights with players . |
| 22 | The meeting of the chiefs of staff committee in Moscow was the first since the agreement on the structure of the CIS high command , which had been concluded by heads of state at their Moscow summit meeting on July 6 [ see pp. 39017-18 ] . |
| 23 | ‘ We were the second example of 1960 's privatisation ( the Bluebell Railway in Sussex being the first ) but our 25-year hire purchase was the first and only one which British Rail permitted . |
| 24 | Longlands College in Middlesbrough is the first college in the country to train engineers and technicians in the use of Fisher Controls valves and regulators vital to the safety of heavy industrial processes throughout the world . |
| 25 | Last week 's outrage in Bangor was the 10th major attack by bombers within 12 months , and the second in the seaside town . |
| 26 | This is why Pacem in Terris was the first papal encyclical that was addressed to ‘ all men of good will ’ . |
| 27 | The most successful products in March were the 36th issue fixed interest certificates and Series C Capital Bonds . |
| 28 | The visit to Wagner 's Swiss home , Tribschen , in mid-May was the first of over twenty such visits made between 1869 and 1872 , the year in which first BT appeared and then , a few months later , Wagner , with his wife Cosima , moved to illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Wagner 's friend Hans von Bulow , eloped with Wagner in 1866 and married him in 1870 . |
| 29 | His death in Brisbane is the third tragedy to hit estranged wife Sue and heartbroken parents Maurice and Marlene . |
| 30 | ‘ Will ye shut up ? ’ from Nellie was the last thing the old couple heard as they watched the cart disappear down the track . |