Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] be [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admiral Sir David Luce was appointed the first tri-Service C-in-C , Far East , in November 1962 . |
| 2 | If blood pressure is elevated the first question must be ‘ Am I using the correct size cuff ? ’ |
| 3 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 4 | At Grafton Underwood were stationed the 97th and 384th Bombardment Groups ; at Deenethorpe , the 401st ; at Kings Cliffe , the 20th Fighter Group ; at Polebrook , the 351st ; at Chelveston , the 305th ; at Podington , the 92nd and at Harrington , the 801st . |
| 5 | The association was resuscitated in 1976 , after a lapse of 10 years , by Professor Richard Penny , Ruth Layton being elected the first ‘ new ’ president . |
| 6 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 7 | Two years later St Sava was created the first Bishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church by the Patriarch of Byzantium . |
| 8 | A trade co-operation agreement was signed the next day . |
| 9 | Allies and Morrison won the second prize of £1,500 and Peter Clash was awarded the third prize of £1,000 . |
| 10 | The formal US indictments were issued the next day . |
| 11 | When a total quantity of Q l films is purchased the last film yields exactly P 1 pounds worth of extra utility to consumers . |
| 12 | Andrew Fuller was appointed the first secretary , and Reynold Hogg the treasurer , with Carey , Ryland and Sutcliff making up the rest of the executive committee . |
| 13 | Li Yuan-tzu was elected the next day as Vice-President with 93 per cent of the votes , receiving 602 out of 644 cast . |
| 14 | El País reported that " a dozen " Nahda leaders were detained the next day . |
| 15 | John Young was elected the first honorary Director , and the BDA agreed to provide the administration for the time being . |
| 16 | COMMANDER James McGuinness was born the fourth of seven children at Motherwell , Scotland on October 26 , 1896 . |