Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] only the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TIPPING Tim is favourite in all books to become only the second horse to land the Mackeson-A F Budge Cup double . |
| 2 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 3 | It was not till fourteen years later that Rospigliosi produced his second comic opera , Dal Male il Bene , of which Marazzoli composed only the Second Act . |
| 4 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 5 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
| 6 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
| 7 | It is always dangerous when the hon. Gentleman reads only the first half of a sentence . |
| 8 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 9 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 10 | The deletion detected by the 1,412-bp probe includes only the last exon of the P gene ( Fig. 3 a , and unpublished data ) . |
| 11 | You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 12 | The Great Britain scrum-half became only the fourth player in history to score ten tries in a match — equalling team-mate Martin Offiah 's club record set against Leeds in the Premiership semi-final last May . |
| 13 | COLCHESTER 'S quest to become only the second club to complete the non-League double continues today , with a 6,000-plus crowd expected at Layer Road for the Vauxhall FA Trophy semi-final clash with Macclesfield . |
| 14 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 15 | A beastie to carry the burden From cherub to abstract flying muse , Ruth Wishart reveals only the fifth logo to be attached to the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 16 | Dozzell becomes only the eighth player to go over the 400 mark for the club . |