Example sentences of "be [art] [num ord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 2 | In this respect Excel has always been the first of the Windows spreadsheet , and incorporated much of the ease of use that Windows offered . |
| 3 | Dixon , who campaigned upon the promise to " clean City Hall out not with a broom , but a shovel " , had been the first of the candidates to call for Barry 's resignation . |
| 4 | Though Bede considered Oswald 's brother and successor , Oswiu , to have been the sixth of the overlords of the Anglo-Saxons ( HE 11 , 5 ) , it is clear that it was many years before Oswiu could securely establish himself as king even over all the northern Angles let alone as overlord of his southern neighbours and that this latter position was very short-lived . |
| 5 | In other words , in the circumstances of the present case the wishes and feelings of W. , considered in the light of her age and understanding , are the first of the factors to which the court must have regard , but the court must have regard also to such of the other factors as may be relevant when discharging its overall responsibility for W. 's welfare . |
| 6 | These are the first of the super-formats , and although basically compatible with standard VHS , the picture quality is greatly improved . |
| 7 | NME ca n't claim to be the first off the blocks with coverage of this splenetic musical bastard — that honour has to go to the now sadly defunct Sounds . |
| 8 | Nimbus believes HyperSparc may even leapfrog Viking to be the first of the superscalars to become available to all-comers . |
| 9 | Being the first of the lasses , she was always his favourite ; the lads did n't seem to matter . |
| 10 | As shown in Figure 4 , the thecodontians were the first of the archosaurs , the group that also includes the pterosaurs , crocodiles and the dinosaurs . |
| 11 | The Franks were the last of the invaders of Gaul , although ultimately they were the most successful . |
| 12 | The agreement is the first between the nations since a 1970s pact on polar bear hunting . |
| 13 | The mallard is the first of the ducks to swop dowdy eclipse plumage for breeding plumage : bottle-green head , curly tail , white neck ring , rusty breast and blue speculum . |
| 14 | That rule , which is the first of the rules dealing with Lautro 's intervention powers , authorises the board : ‘ In any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors … ’ to exercise their powers of intervention . |
| 15 | Step IV " Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves " is the first of the steps involved in " cleaning house " and in learning to see one 's self as one really is — the good as well as the bad . |
| 16 | ( Aside to the PLAYER , who is the last of the TRAGEDIANS . ) |
| 17 | It is the last of the merostomes the group of fossil horseshoe crabs that were varied and numerous in the coal swamps of the Carboniferous and have a history that extends back to the Cambrian . |
| 18 | Back foot is the last into the footstraps and is only used there in a strong wind ( Force 4 & plus ) |
| 19 | There inside the den was the first of the cubs . |
| 20 | Colman 's regiment was the first of the territorials to serve with the regular army in France after the outbreak of World War I , and he was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg , acquiring the limp which he was to spend much of the remainder of his life and career attempting , often in considerable pain , to conceal from audiences and cameras alike . |
| 21 | The collaboration was then inaugurated at Marble Hill , Twickenham ( 1724–9 ) , which was the first of the buildings credited to Lord Herbert , and it was continued at most , if not all , of his subsequent works — including amongst others the White Lodge , Richmond Park ( 1727–8 ) for King George II and the Palladian bridge at his own seat of Wilton House , Wiltshire ( 1736–7 ) . |
| 22 | houseman and Gwenellen 's fiancé , was the first of the surgeons to arrive in Marcus for his night round . |
| 23 | That was the first of the combines . |
| 24 | Assumption C , ‘ the maintenance of employment and the prevention of mass unemployment ’ , was the third of the Assumptions in his report . |
| 25 | The final yesterday was the last under the auspices of the Men 's Tennis Council , which had controlled the Grand Prix circuit since 1970 . |
| 26 | Gorias was the last of the Cities to fall , and even mortals remember it . |
| 27 | He was the last of the Americans loyal to the city when New York was assuming its predominant role in the contemporary art world . |
| 28 | In France itself the Valois family had good dynastic reasons for wishing to see Isabella removed from France and embroiled in English domestic politics : Charles IV was the last of the Capetians in the direct male line , and the question of Isabella 's title to the throne , or her right to pass the title to her son , might soon arise . |
| 29 | It was the last of the cigarettes . |
| 30 | He was the last of the brothers ; whether or not he had any part in their deaths he could be the key to a clearer understanding of the two who had died . |