Example sentences of "[det] was only the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was only the second occasion on which a French court had given the maximum sentence for this offence ( the first being for Arrospide — see above ; for capture of Arrospide and Urrutikoetzea in France see pp. 36406 ; 37588 ) . |
| 2 | This was only the 12th race of Sure Sharp 's career . |
| 3 | But this was only the last stage in the process . |
| 4 | This was only the fourth time that this legislation had been invoked . |
| 5 | This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions , the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia , South Africa and Iraq . |
| 6 | That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth . |
| 7 | That was only the third time it had happened in New Zealand . |