Example sentences of "that [pron] be the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 2 | Does my hon. Friend recall that I was the first Minister to have responsibility for small businesses — even before the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) ? |
| 3 | For many years I was conscious that I was the first woman in my very large extended family to do this . |
| 4 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 5 | If the purchaser is to try to ensure that his is the last counter-offer , so that it will be accepted by the conduct of the seller , the device of sending back another acknowledgement does not work well in practice . |
| 6 | Well , in that she 's the first woman Prime Minister , she 's the longest serving Prime Minister of erm in this century . |
| 7 | Anna 's family are all dead and she now believes that she is the last person left in the world . |
| 8 | ‘ … one was a female pauper of very advanced age who had laboured for many years under a complication of incurable disorders , and her situation was so desperate as to have precluded her from being received into the House had it not happened that she was the first patient presented . |
| 9 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 10 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 11 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 12 | I understand that we are the first company in the catering industry to gain BS5750/ISO 9001 for franchising . |
| 13 | One day when the terrible moment comes and it is bound to come when we shall be talking of the Serb national catastrophe , when we shall be questioning ourselves about who was responsible for it and how it came about that we are the last nation in Europe to be surrounded by such enemies and such hatred , then many of the great brains of the Academy will find themselves in the dock if they live to see the day . |
| 14 | In August , 1944 I was flying Mustangs from Grimbergen , through to the Arnhem campaign , and my memories are that we were the first RAF Squadron to be based near Brussels , and only a matter of a few days after our armies had liberated that City . |
| 15 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 16 | They were innovators in that they were the first ones who did n't try to represent the melody as written . |
| 17 | Their ecological dominance and biological success for the past 80 to 100 million years may stem from the fact that they were the first group of predatory social insects that both foraged and lived in the realm of rotting vegetation on the ground . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's so flexible that it 's the first book we reach for , whether for an intensive teenager or adult refresher course . ’ |
| 19 | He says that it 's the second time in a year the house has been flooded . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you realise that it 's the last Christmas most of you in here are ever likely to see ? ’ |
| 21 | This morning she gives priority to the fact that it is the first day of the winter term , and that she has a lecture to deliver and two tutorials to conduct . |
| 22 | The scheme 's novelty lies in the fact that it is the first instance of an officially sponsored immigration programme . |
| 23 | He says that it is the first time the Japanese governent has expressed interest in the IASC 's work . |
| 24 | Greenpeace welcomed the voluntary agreement " provided that it is the first step towards an enforceable tanker exclusion zone " . |
| 25 | Haran has suggested however that in a few cases " the intended number is the first of the two " ; 29 but in Job 33.14 and Ps 62.12 , which he cites , it can be maintained much more convincingly that it is the second number that is " intended " or the more precise . |
| 26 | Note , in the second bar , that it is the 2nd clarinet which completes the chord on the flutes because the 1st clarinet has a solo passage in the next bar . |
| 27 | Not only does Mrs Whitehouse believe that Christianity is under threat from political revolution , but also that it is the last line of defence against such revolution . |
| 28 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 29 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , said last night that it was the first time in his 10 years in Parliament that responsibility for piloting such an important piece of legislation through committee had been left to such junior departmental politicians . |
| 30 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |