Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words are often the last thing that , or sometimes the last thing that people actually write . |
| 2 | The Scots were also the first home union to introduce a fully competitive league programme , which they did in season 1973/74 . |
| 3 | The edge of the test card is where the first strip contains only background . |
| 4 | ParaSet is reportedly the first system to use the same model to forward engineer new software and reverse engineer existing software to modify , maintain and update it . |
| 5 | The concentration of neurons in ganglia is perhaps the first step towards building a brain , but even the appearance of a large head ganglion does not ensure that brains of the sort that humans and other mammals possess are the only design solution that can result . |
| 6 | The accounting period adopted by most companies in the construction industry is either the last working day of the calendar month or the last day of the calendar month . |
| 7 | But free fighting is only the first step on the road to real competition and , in order to instil confidence in students , it is performed according to set criteria . |
| 8 | This review is perhaps the last chance this century to get things right . |
| 9 | The Brigade was probably the first youth group to emphasize the specific nature of ‘ boyhood ’ and to develop a programme and a philosophy designed for this stage of life . |
| 10 | One reason for organising the 5 October 1968 march in Derry was that NICRA had always considered the city to be a natural focus for its attempts to raise the question of civil rights , but the demonstration was not the first attempt to organise around the issue in Derry . |
| 11 | Sophie Parke was only the third child in Britain to receive two hearts in a piggy back style transplant . |
| 12 | Jane Eyre was not the first book that Charlotte had sent to a publisher . |
| 13 | The gap in services has been filled by child minders who at their best can offer a high quality of care with all the advantages of a domestic setting similar to the children 's own home , but because of the lack of resources , training and support for their work are often the last resort for parents . |
| 14 | Substitution drills are also the first step in making system drills , but these will be dealt with in 7.2.3 . |
| 15 | The basis of this approach is the belief that the response which a subject makes is not an immediate outcome of sensory stimulation but results from a number of processes which occur over time , stimulation of the sensory receptors being only the first stage in a series of events . |
| 16 | Again it has been shown that jobs in services , clerical work , agriculture and construction are attractive , but factory work is only the fifth choice , preferred by only 11 per cent ( see figure 3.7 ) . |
| 17 | Reforming the blasphemy law is only the first item on a lengthening Muslim agenda . |
| 18 | As internal partitions and old seating are removed in favour of connected raised levels of hardwood balustrades and matching chairs , the uniqueness of the pub is generally the first casualty . |
| 19 | In Scotland , for example , the Master of Arts ( M A ) degree is normally the first degree in an Arts faculty , with Bachelor of Science ( B Sc ) being awarded in Science faculties ) . |
| 20 | Certainly Charles Wheeler is n't the first priest in the Church to get his kicks like that . ’ |
| 21 | focusing on a disagreement about the child is often the first step to admitting that there is a significant marital problem . |
| 22 | If there is no change after following a low-fat diet , a more detailed test is usually the next step . |
| 23 | The Masterpiece , a collection of folklore about the body and its functions , was probably the single most popular source of information on sex relations and childbirth , and the continuing publication of this work was possibly the last remnant of a much stronger popular demand and usage that began to grow in the nineteenth century with increasing literate audiences demanding knowledge . |
| 24 | IBM was not the first company to produce mainframe computers ( Remington Rand , Raytheon and Philco were all pioneers ) , but it was the first to make vast first-mover investments in integrated production , distribution and management for the introduction of its System 360 in 1964 . |
| 25 | Taking the lifeboat out of the narrow harbour entrance into the face of 100-knot winds was only the first hazard . |
| 26 | Using a new set of genuine Thomas Leavy documents based on his legal name change — the last thing he supposed the Federal authorities would be on the lookout for — Coleman then slipped back into the States , via Canada , for what he felt in his bones was probably the last time he would see his father and his country . |
| 27 | Maastricht was not the last word on the development and future of Europe . |
| 28 | Getting the enquiries procedure right is only the first stage in setting up a good media relation programme . |
| 29 | The so-called first published ( English ) edition is really the second edition . |
| 30 | Ballesteros is not the first person to be challenged by the complexities of life . |