Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] of the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am sure of the next Giants : Catherine Cookson 's The Maltese Angel ( Corgi ) is her second this year ; and ace vet James Herriot 's Every Living Thing ( Pan ) is his first for 10 years . |
| 2 | Born on the eleventh of the eleventh sixty-six , that 's a zero , so I was eleventh of the eleventh seventy-seven |
| 3 | ‘ I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago . |
| 4 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 5 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 6 | In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI . |
| 7 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 8 | Perhaps I was one of the first women in the entire province of Parma to be ‘ liberated ’ in that sense . |
| 9 | But I was er here I was one of the first People have forgotten that there was such a thing as a fitting shop in you know , in . |
| 10 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 11 | I was one of the first to leave , making my way back to Number 11 unobserved . |
| 12 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
| 13 | The transition to full ecclesiastical patronage — a transition of course marked by many intermediate and overlapping stages — was a transition to those forms of professionalism , involving mobility and availability for hire , which are characteristic of the second main form of patronage . |
| 14 | The island has an eight kilometre long white sandy beach which is one of the last unspoilt natural beaches in Europe . |
| 15 | The country that has demonstrated the greatest upward mobility through entrepreneurial channels is Argentina , which was one of the first to industrialise and has had probably the greatest influx of immigrants . |
| 16 | Challenges , which was one of the first British series to be produced for non-broadcast use , consists of a set of six programmes , each with a different theme , and each featuring young British people engaged in pursuits typical of their age and culture . |
| 17 | His grey whipcord coat with its black velvet collar hung open , and he came quickly across with that purposeful step which was one of the first things she had noticed about him . |
| 18 | My local primary has , in fact , at least done that in the last year , and we have n't opted out , and secondly you will remember the article in the Guardian from thirteenth of November — thirteenth of November last year — Hull Grammar School , which was one of the first ones that went independent erm have now applied for an administration order which gives them breathing space before winding up petitions can be launched . |
| 19 | THE latest steam locomotive to receive attention from the Midland Railway Centre 's Locomotive Restoration Workshops is 73129 , which was one of the last engines to be constructed by the Derby Locomotive Works in 1956 . |
| 20 | One , that we ca that we only go when a clear brief from Brussels officers can not be established , and not a trip just for the lads which was reminiscent of the last hastily organised trips . |
| 21 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 22 | Theirs was one of the first cuts to come in and , when I heard it , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 23 | The Regent himself was one of the first to fall . |
| 24 | If you 'd like one of the wall charts , which give useful hints , tips and cooking times , you can get one free if you are one of the first 100 readers to write to Prestige Pressure Cooker Wallchart Offer , Film House , 142 Wardour St , London W1V 3AU , enclosing sae . |
| 25 | I wonder , bearing in mind that incident , however serious , or minor it was , would you be one of the first to go through the Channel Tunnel ? |
| 26 | But you were one of the first to start . |
| 27 | ‘ You realise that you were one of the last people to see Dr Wetherby alive ? ’ |
| 28 | However , the child who dances with delight upon hearing her father 's key in the lock does unmistakably believe that he is at the door , in normal circumstances , but , without asking her , we will not know if she is aware of the next day 's possible delay . |
| 29 | Her number BGK009059 said that she was one of the first of the Bergen K line , the Kobolds that plied the spaceways of the solar system , taking this here and that there , for nearly fifty years . |
| 30 | She was one of the first narrowboats to be welded rather than riveted , but was built with an elm bottom . |