Example sentences of "the [noun prp] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bentleys were the tenth set of prospective purchasers whom he had shown round the house . |
| 2 | The Waverley is the last paddle steamer to be built on the Clyde . |
| 3 | ‘ In March a Policy Directions Paper was accepted by the Council.This was the second stage in the process leading to production of the Plan , linking an earlier Issues and Context Report and the draft Plan . ’ |
| 4 | The worst meeting they had with the Shah was the last . |
| 5 | The UK is the second largest market where we consume 14 per cent of total production — 38.26 million litres of pure alcohol . |
| 6 | The settlement day for money market securities in the UK is the first business day following purchase . |
| 7 | Kent County Council in the UK was the first beta test site for the new Unix versions and says that the new products enable it to reduce significantly the unit costs of functions such as paying invoices and processing journals . |
| 8 | The Franks were the last of the invaders of Gaul , although ultimately they were the most successful . |
| 9 | The XR was the first of Ford 's new 4x4 generation , and by the standards of today 's rivals is a touch agricultural . |
| 10 | Japan Computer also claims to have the first large , high resolution LCD based on Thin Film Transistor technology , and says the XfC is the first of a flat-panel family . |
| 11 | The F-Plan is the first slimming diet which enables you to follow this formula . |
| 12 | Those readers who are now sufficiently convinced that the F-Plan is the first realistically helpful medical advance in slimming , as indeed it is , may if they wish turn to page 91 of this book , where they will find all the rules for following the plan , followed by recipes , menus and charts . |
| 13 | The charge for being in unlawful possession of the Thompson was the first to come to court . |
| 14 | How Safrane stays on the level The Safrane is the first Renault to feature computer-controlled self-levelling suspension with adaptive damping . |
| 15 | The Smiths were the second coming of Postcard — the whiter-than-white ‘ pure pop ’ : the sexual ambiguity ; the Luddite insistence on guitars : Edwyn Collins 's avowed rating of romance over sex ; the swoon instead of the earthy R&B rasp ; the flustered undanceability . |
| 16 | The Derby was the first time Nijinsky started at odds against — and if his full background story had been known , the odds would have been a good deal longer . |