Example sentences of "are the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hackney shows are the fifth year in succession that the Bard of Barking has sung in the New Year . |
| 2 | Now that is a word you seldom come across in England , but away up in the Highlands and Islands being " fey " means that you have a certain sixth sense — you are the seventh son of a seventh son , or whatever the drama is on that score . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ Aids for the disabled are the first glimmering of a further development of our culture , most of which has been concerned with the development of tools . |
| 4 | Ley declared ‘ we are the first country in Europe to overcome the class struggle . ’ |
| 5 | The EETPU Essex agreements are the first instance of this practice being extended into the field of the " new " temporary working . |
| 6 | These fortunate people are the first generation approaching retirement who have not suffered a significant interruption in their career because of the war . |
| 7 | Our teenagers are the first generation of young people to begin their sex lives under the shadow of AIDS . |
| 8 | You are the first person I have told , Elinor . |
| 9 | You are the first person I 've told , apart from the self-help organisation , but you wo n't be the last . |
| 10 | And you are the first person now I ever told it to . |
| 11 | Jim Smith 's Second Division outfit are the first non-Division One winners of the Professional Footballers ' Association Fair Play Award . |
| 12 | Grid Computers are the first company to produce a specially designed pen notebook portable computer . |
| 13 | , Al Mutlaq 's divisional manager , saw immediate benefits : ‘ We believe we are the first company in the region to get this equipment . |
| 14 | I understand that we are the first company in the catering industry to gain BS5750/ISO 9001 for franchising . |
| 15 | Graphite are the first manufacturer to offer the ability for processor and video upgrade throughout the range , from 286 , through 386 to 486-based systems . |
| 16 | To our knowledge , these data are the first evidence for a specific interaction between a small molecule antagonist and the transmembrane domain of a peptide receptor . |
| 17 | These are the first NEC machines to incorporate Newtown , Pennsylvania-based Tseng Labs Inc 's ET4000 W32 on-board accelerator chip ( CI No 2,036 ) on the motherboard . |
| 18 | They are the first Aymara band to have anumber one in Bolivia and are currently on a world tour . |
| 19 | SIR JACOB : " T would have been strange indeed if someone had not translated this fine flower from the dunghill to the garden , Madam , let me tell you you are the first lady I have seen who has exceeded expectation . |
| 20 | The company says that the machines are the first real-time multiprocessing computers to use the 88110 and represent a unique 88110 implementation with large caches , local memory , and high input-output throughput supporting multiple input-output buses making it a balanced system for real-time computing . |
| 21 | The only other areas which may cause problems are the first finger bends which occur in bars 11–12 . |
| 22 | ‘ They tried everything to unnerve him but he remained so cool , ’ said Mr Kinnear , who took great pride in the fact that Wimbledon , now safe from relegation , are the first side to score three times at Anfield this season . |
| 23 | Safe working practices and procedures are the first line of defence against exposure to hepatitis B infection , but vaccination is essential to protect workers who are at risk . |
| 24 | Bathsheba , you are the first woman I have ever loved . |
| 25 | So what time are the first shift |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I do n't think this point has been properly understood by many people who have been given the impression that the films are a kind of expensive toy , when in fact you are the first conductor in history to use film as an integral extension of your work as an interpretative artist . |
| 28 | The current excavations are the first time that the theatre 's remains have been seen since that destruction . |
| 29 | These are the first summer records for the county . |
| 30 | They are the first indication that Gloucester was willing to make significant changes in the power structure inherited from Edward IV . |