Example sentences of "[noun] was only the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophie Parke was only the third child in Britain to receive two hearts in a piggy back style transplant . |
| 2 | Taking the lifeboat out of the narrow harbour entrance into the face of 100-knot winds was only the first hazard . |
| 3 | Going to the Spice Islands was only the last stage of increasingly ambitious ventures . |
| 4 | Cyril Humphries , the dealer who supplied Dr Sackler with most of his maiolica , backs up Mrs Sackler 's claim , noting that ‘ Dr Sackler always told me he would like to keep the collection intact … he wanted eventually to collect the entire spectrum of ceramic arts , and the maiolica was only the first part of it . ’ |
| 5 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 6 | Rabin said the agreement was only the first step towards a hoped for comprehensive Middle East peace . |