Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [be] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around one quartr of the children in this study were below the third percentile for weight suggesting an association between cryptosporidiosis and failure to thrive , as described in other centres . |
| 2 | This advance is of the first importance to the population of the People 's Republic of China , and an agreement is being entered into between the Rank Xerox Unit and the Demography Institute of the University of Peking in Beijing . |
| 3 | This information is of the first importance . |
| 4 | Er this item was on the last agenda . |
| 5 | This country is in the first rank of the European Community and will remain so . |
| 6 | The most noteworthy gale around this time was on the 5th when a severe southwesterly gale drove the powerless oil tanker Braer onto a reef in Quendale Bay , Shetland , as a television audience of millions held its breath . |