Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major industry initiative was launched by the HCIMA at its annual lunch last month when several operating companies and educational institutes , including Compass , Forte , Copthorne Hotels , Universities of Brighton and Surrey and Chichester College were among the first signatories of a new Charter agreement which will strengthen employer/education links within the industry . |
| 2 | The peak of Kendal 's wool trade was in the 17th and early 18th Centuries and Hawkshead 's prosperity waned with that of Kendal . |
| 3 | Six of 10 with only such small bowel involvement were below the third centile for height when their disease was recognised . |
| 4 | My second lunch place was on the fifth floor of a house in the same road as the school , the Via Farini . |
| 5 | The North Thameside petroleum traffic was among the first to have its own train crew and dedicated fleet of locomotives . |
| 6 | Poldhu Cove was around the next corner . |
| 7 | In China jade was from the first shaped for symbolic rather than industrial ends . |
| 8 | Can you give some idea as to what the er , can you give some idea as to what the underlying sales growth was in the first half ? |
| 9 | The atmosphere in the barrack room was like the first day back at school , with everybody trying to outdo each other with stories of how exciting their holidays had been . |
| 10 | By the 1870s sufficient of world agriculture was in the second position to make agrarian depression both world-wide and politically explosive . |
| 11 | Johnston 's last Premier League appearance was in the first week of October . |
| 12 | Owers only cup appearance was in the third round win over Port Vale . |
| 13 | Eva and her emergency team were amongst the first on the scene taking in food and clothing , and assessing the need for financial aid to help rebuild the shattered homes and schools . |
| 14 | ONE of the youngest potential victims of Chester 's tuberculosis scare was among the first to be tested for the disease yesterday . |
| 15 | Crawford 's next film role was in the first Anglo-Swedish production , Two Living , One Dead . |
| 16 | All the same , the Joyce family was in the first of many groups to endure the consequences of allegiance to an ousted imperial power . |
| 17 | Great power status was in the last resort the ability to wage war . |