Example sentences of "[verb] it be the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 2 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
| 3 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 4 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 5 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 6 | Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house . |
| 7 | Er I think it 's the er I think it 's the third General Meeting er of the Worsley Constituency Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |
| 9 | And Dinda said she needed a filling , a re-filling actually and she said it 's the first that she 's been to a dentist that she could remember that she did n't notice the needle coming in , part she hates is the needle in the gum . |