Example sentences of "that it [was/were] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | perhaps the major significance of the Council of Europe rests in the fact that it was the first European organisation with a political flavour . |
| 2 | Art Basel reigns supreme among art fairs for a number of reasons : for the length it has been in existence ; for the fact that it was the first fair to introduce a selection committee ; and because of its timing . |
| 3 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 4 | The significance of the BF therefore was to be in its administration and the fact that it was the first British organization to link itself specifically with Mussolini 's new form of politics , in however diluted a form . |
| 5 | She confided afterwards that it was the first sexual contact she 'd had in over five years . |
| 6 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman recognises that the increase in unemployment last month was the lowest for almost a year , that it was the third successive fall in the rate of increase and that it shows that the rate of increase in unemployment in Britain is now coming down fast . |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that it was the last Labour Government who introduced a value added tax of 25 per cent . |
| 8 | In a wider sense , however , the real significance of what had happened at Bleiburg on 15 May was that it was the last major surrender of the European war . |