Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Crufts is the first show of the year , the Championship shows continue throughout the summer . |
| 2 | Although Hope was the first sportsman to convey this view , it was replicated time and time again by black footballers , athletes and boxers . |
| 3 | If Longleat was the first of London 's parterre designs , Dawley ( 1695 ) perfected the style . |
| 4 | And this manuscript really makes it look like Hasan is the Twenty-fourth Imam ! |
| 5 | But if Charles was the first Carolingian , and perhaps the first medieval king , to show an insider 's appreciation of contemporary scholarship , he had ( directly or indirectly ) his mother to thank . |
| 6 | Widdrington , only needed because Cockerill was the 11th Southampton player to be suspended this season , caught Ince with a late and crude challenge in the 18th minute . |
| 7 | Although the day-to-day arrangements in Birmingham were similar to those in London , a brief account of the details is useful because Birmingham was the first and the largest provincial area to operate a scheme independently of the Board of Trade . |
| 8 | Because Ricky was the first boyfriend to live openly with Minton , he attracted comment . |
| 9 | Mexico was the world 's fourth largest oil producer in 1983 while Venezuela was the eighth . |
| 10 | Corcoran too the view that since England was the next venue — this was 1956 — they should ask the locals which players would be favourites . |
| 11 | Parry , nicknamed Popeye because of his bulging forearms , dropped two shots in five holes and title favourite Faldo moved menacingly alongside the Australian to share the lead on level par , while Lyle was the last of the 28 starters . |
| 12 | Since Major is the first government leader from an EC country to have visited Clinton in the White House he might just have considered tackling them head on . |
| 13 | Andropulos did n't say whether Aristotle was the first or last name : he had watchful eyes and a serious expression but looked as if he might , unlike Alexander , be capable of smiling occasionally . |
| 14 | For Ness is the last bastion of Free Presbyterian fundamentalism and the miles of wall to wall crofthouses that line the single main road today have a palisade quality . |
| 15 | Linda was just taking off her apron when Carol was the next person to pop her head round the kitchen door . |
| 16 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate Olympic champion McKoy , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 17 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 18 | Though Jackson was the first to congratulate the Olympic champion , the disappointment was written all over his face . |
| 19 | There are readers whom , as Zuckerman is the first ( or second ) to acknowledge , he can drive to the complaint that he has sex , and family matters , and Jewish matters , on the brain : ‘ I want him to take his manuscript and mail it to his mother ’ , as I have heard them cry . |