Example sentences of "they are the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst them are the last great wild gardens of the earth still harbouring uncatalogued varieties of creatures and man . |
| 2 | They are the first tests of legal reforms introduced two months ago to allow judges ' secrecy orders to be reviewed . |
| 3 | They are the first known lords of the manor of Cosmeston and gave their name to the village , Costentinstune ( the place of the Costentins ) . |
| 4 | They are the first published documents from which we can glean personal details about ordinary older people in significant numbers . |
| 5 | Though these documents do not necessarily show evidence of cost-effectiveness thinking being employed in their production , they are the first sign that market forces are having an impact . |
| 6 | Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors . |
| 7 | They are the first phases in the biggest programme of clinical trials ever undertaken . |
| 8 | They are the first of six . |
| 9 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 10 | They are the first Suffolk representatives to take part in the national finals . |
| 11 | They are the first tribe in human history of wilful solitaries since the dissolution of the monasteries , but their motives are in no way God-directed . |
| 12 | Surprisingly this does not conform to Egyptian conventions for depicting Semites or Nubians and their dress suggests that they are the first known representation in Egyptian art of the Mycenaeans , Bronze Age Greeks . |
| 13 | As reported , they are the first machines from Apple to include the long-promised signal processor — Apple is using AT&T Co 's AT&T 32-bit 3210 , which will be built into the system 's motherboard and will drive such tasks as real-time data processing , speech recognition , audio compression , high-speed data communications , three-dimensional rendering , video image processing and 16-bit stereo sound . |
| 14 | Along with Gloucestershire County Council , on which no party holds overall control , they are the first authorities hit by capping under the new Council Tax system . |
| 15 | They are the first indication that Gloucester was willing to make significant changes in the power structure inherited from Edward IV . |
| 16 | They are the first to be advised of impending reorganizations , of imminent appointments , of new marketing initiatives and planned strategic changes in direction . |
| 17 | The view of Dmitri Obolensky , a leading authority on the Bogomils , is that they are the first European manifestation of a tradition which extends for over a thousand years from the teachings of Mani in third-century Mesopotamia to the Albigensian heresy , which appeared in southern France in the thirteenth century . |
| 18 | They are the first to divide in cell division and form the poles at each end of the cell . |
| 19 | They are the first in a series of six sets of Regulations to implement EC Directives which will all come into force on 1st January 1993 . |
| 20 | They are the first indication that Gloucester was willing to make significant changes in the power structure inherited from Edward IV . |
| 21 | They are the first Aymara band to have anumber one in Bolivia and are currently on a world tour . |
| 22 | They are the first in the New Marske unit to achieve the honour . |
| 23 | They are the last rock'n'roll band before a new and better rock'n'roll race/creed begins . |
| 24 | They are the last people on earth one could imagine to be dancers . |
| 25 | Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands . |
| 26 | I sit shivering in the armchair in this first-floor flat in Deptford , and I feel I 'm still trapped in a cupboard , listening for strange noises , till I realize they are the last images of the dream , slipping away like ghost bodies melting on the floor . |
| 27 | They are the last group you would give water management to " . |
| 28 | They are the last Bosnian-held suburbs west of the main highway linking Sarajevo with its airport . |