Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fisher & Paykel was the first to be affected as speeds dropped from more than 11 knots to only eight . |
| 2 | The restructuring of the 1911 town offices by architects Stanton & Williams is the first increase in the Birmingham Museum and Gallery 's display area since 1919 . |
| 3 | Lawson : Ernst & Young is the first major accountancy firm to become an authorised implementor of Lawson Software 's financial and distribution applications . |
| 4 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 5 | Able to prove himself on his own ground , his relationship with Bernard improved and deepened and Bernard was the first to respect David 's proficiency . |
| 6 | Cheng and Teo were the last to be released of 22 people detained in 1987 for their involvement in the " conspiracy " [ see p. 35462 ] . |
| 7 | And Pitt-Rivers was the first civil servant given the difficult job of persuading landowners that they ought to stop dealing with their property as they thought fit and hand it over to the control of a state agency . |
| 8 | He indicated the two black leather couches against the wall and Kolchinsky was the first to sit down , immediately lighting up a cigarette . |
| 9 | This was one of the largest sales to date in the government 's sweeping privatization programme , and Bancomer was the eighth bank to be auctioned in 1991 ; all had sold for two or three times their book value . |
| 10 | It was n't a bad-looking saucer and Rex was the first to appreciate that . |
| 11 | And Sandeman was the first port company to acknowledge publicly that sales were a crucial aspect to any business . |
| 12 | He did well at it — and Ken was the first to congratulate him . |
| 13 | Marks and Spencer is the first Northern Ireland company to enter this year 's Employees in the Community Awards . |
| 14 | The current opposition has to capture 94 seats to secure an overall majority — and Peterborough is the 95th . |
| 15 | Their correct answers of Nottingham , 1840 and Dorset were the first drawn . |
| 16 | You and Nigel were the first friends Rita and I made , nine years ago , when we came to live in North Wales . |
| 17 | His bleak and dramatic views of the bombed buildings in Bath and Coventry were the first of his paintings to become well-known , and were reproduced and exhibited through the war . |
| 18 | In the ensuing proceedings the local authority were the applicants , W. 's aunt was first respondent since she had parental responsibilities concurrently with those of the local authority and W. was the second respondent by the Official Solicitor as her guardian ad litem . |
| 19 | M and Monday 's the last day . |
| 20 | The patience of the black people , however , was running out and Selma was the last major victory for the non-violent tactics of Martin Luther King . |
| 21 | The monarchy had passed from the Bruces to the Stewarts and Robert was the first of a new and long lasting dynasty . |
| 22 | At this time there was much comment in the horticultural press about the excessive attention lavished on summer bedding at the expense of the other seasons , and Fleming was the first gardener to become well known for ‘ spring gardening ’ , although by the 1870s there was a coterie which pressed the claims to priority of William Ingram of Belvoir Castle . |
| 23 | Wins in Lithuania and Latvia were the first time Northern Ireland recorded two consecutive victories in World Cup matches . |
| 24 | Ron and Julia are the last couple to be married in the 160-year-old church , which will be closing its doors at the end of June . |
| 25 | Smith and Miranda were the first to run the Grand Canyon on a kitchen table . |
| 26 | Bowyer and Southgate were the first to break away from the rest , their horses fiery , eager for the exercise after close confinement . |
| 27 | MALDON and Sudbury are the last two undefeated sides in Division One of the Anglo Two Counties Championship only a month into the season . |
| 28 | Being on breakfast duty , Alice and Emily were the first two pupils down to breakfast . |
| 29 | Scientists have responded to the challenge of this result : the mechanism considered by von Helden , Gotts and Bowers is the fifth to be put forward . |
| 30 | Al Gore summed up the changing world when he said that he and Clinton were the first two leaders of their country to be born after 1945 . |