Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dun & Bradstreet Software Corp has launched the first of its Unix applications from the former Management Science America base in Atlanta . |
| 2 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
| 3 | In West Penwith the Climbers Club have published the first of two new guides to the area , both written by Des Hannigan . |
| 4 | The billposter attempting to paste the second of his ‘ Cooper and Co 's Teas ’ posters on the hoarding watched the paper slowly curl back from the wall and drop on to the ground . |
| 5 | A light rain shower had hurried the last of the rubber-neck tourists off the streets and the restaurants and sex shows ( mostly on video these days ) were switching off their come-hither lights . |
| 6 | KPMG Peat Marwick Midland Region has become the first of the Big Six firms ' practices to gain the Investors in People award . |
| 7 | The Labour Party have published the first of a series of papers showing their commitment to the craft industry . |