Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 5 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 6 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 7 | She says it 's the last week of term before Christmas and everyone should be happy . |
| 8 | Kerrie says it 's the last straw . |
| 9 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 10 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 11 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 12 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 13 | What does it mean when it says it is the last time . |
| 14 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
| 15 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
| 16 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 17 | Everything else is a bonus , but it 's also a bit like hunting round the first circuit safely in the Grand National — you know it 's the next circuit that matters . ’ |
| 18 | Well we know it 's the last week in April or something |
| 19 | I know it was the last straw of many . |
| 20 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 21 | Then I remember it 's the next day and there 'll be a letter from Marie . |
| 22 | The Hollywood Reporter sent me a note saying it 's the 25th Anniversary of James Bond , would you like to take out an ad . |
| 23 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 24 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 25 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 26 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 27 | She replaced the receiver , standing unmoving , staring across the room towards the Knudsen with hungry eyes , knowing it was the last time she would ever see it . |
| 28 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 29 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 30 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |