Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years later St Sava was created the first Bishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church by the Patriarch of Byzantium . |
| 2 | Susanna was born the next May . |
| 3 | Anyway , my worst fears about Barny were confirmed the first time I tried to put a leash on him . |
| 4 | Giles was appointed the first Professor of Surgery at Leeds University in 1973 , and continued to occupy the Chair until his death . |
| 5 | The former holder of the world land speed rapping record ( 'til Curve 's mate JC001 half-inched it ) Freddy 's spent the last couple of years in the US working on his next LP . |
| 6 | Coulter 's opened the first Ford fast-fit and next week Pentlands will open the first Vauxhall Masterfit depot opposite their dealership on Belfast 's Ravenhill Road . |
| 7 | John Young was elected the first honorary Director , and the BDA agreed to provide the administration for the time being . |
| 8 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 9 | At Grafton Underwood were stationed the 97th and 384th Bombardment Groups ; at Deenethorpe , the 401st ; at Kings Cliffe , the 20th Fighter Group ; at Polebrook , the 351st ; at Chelveston , the 305th ; at Podington , the 92nd and at Harrington , the 801st . |
| 10 | Jones was arrested the next day and admitted responsibility . |
| 11 | The association was resuscitated in 1976 , after a lapse of 10 years , by Professor Richard Penny , Ruth Layton being elected the first ‘ new ’ president . |
| 12 | ‘ Potter 's spent the last fifteen years harming people like Geoffrey . |
| 13 | Christie 's offered the second part of the important Korthaus collection in a mixed owner sale . |
| 14 | It was not always thus : in 1983 , when Christie 's sold the first batch of 25,000 pieces of Ming porcelain , found ( also by Hatcher ) in a junk on a reef on the South China Sea , prices were low , because neither auction house nor collectors could see beyond the porcelain 's dull glaze to its historic possibilities . |
| 15 | Andrew Fuller was appointed the first secretary , and Reynold Hogg the treasurer , with Carey , Ryland and Sutcliff making up the rest of the executive committee . |
| 16 | Isotron of Swindon was granted the first irradiation licence to preserve food . |
| 17 | Admiral Sir David Luce was appointed the first tri-Service C-in-C , Far East , in November 1962 . |
| 18 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 19 | Mark hencher from Newent In Gloucestershire was amoung the first on the scene . |
| 20 | COMMANDER James McGuinness was born the fourth of seven children at Motherwell , Scotland on October 26 , 1896 . |
| 21 | In 1975 Anderson was appointed the first EEC delegate in Southern Africa , responsible for the EEC Commission 's relations with Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland . |