Example sentences of "[adj] [be] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Will this be the first time you 've worked in theatre ? ’ |
2 | So will this be the last re-organisation ? |
3 | ‘ Well , let this be the last time . |
4 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
5 | He glanced at her , wondering if this were the first she had heard of the proposal . |
6 | An intriguing example of an ornithopter is also on show , this being the second example made by E P Frost and covered by silk and real feathers ! |
7 | 20–4–1882 Mr Peter McIvor took his seat as Moderator , this being the first meeting of Session after his ordination . |
8 | This being the first moment that I have not had my hand on him , he seizes the opportunity . |
9 | Edward Pease wrote : ‘ There was considerable stir in Darlington today , this being the first day water was brought into the town from the New Water Works . ’ |
10 | The drama of the space race derives very largely from this being the last wilderness left . |
11 | The indifference of the electorate was blamed partly on the apathy produced by this being the fourth election in 18 months , by the confusing number of different party slates and by the lack of concrete proposal and programmes from the candidates . |
12 | The French were the first to object : they still had qualms about German rearmament . |
13 | Kazakhstan on Oct. 25 and Kirghizia on Oct. 30 were the last of the 15 union republics to issue sovereignty declarations . |
14 | She was educated at home by a German governess ; then , after keeping house for her brothers , in 1886 she went to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she and another were the first women to gain first-class honours in the Cambridge moral sciences tripos in 1889 . |
15 | This is the 74th running of the popular race , started in 1907 . |
16 | This combined traversal first collected all the paragraphs from links emanating from a node ( this is the breadth-first part ) and then chose the next node by a depth-first principle . |
17 | Amid the renewed glimmers of hope is the knowledge that this is the 19th attempt at a ceasefire . |
18 | This is the first big lesson to learn . |
19 | This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless . |
20 | This is the first thing you notice about graphics interchange files — they tend to be long . |
21 | This is the first visible sign of a shareholders ' revolt against the chairman , Sir Derek Alun-Jones , since the discovery of a £185m fraud which threatens the group 's future . |
22 | ‘ This is the first time anything unusual has happened here since Goering occupied the building in 1940 , ’ one veteran observer was heard to remark . |
23 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
24 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
25 | This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club , but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus 's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework . |
26 | ‘ This is the first time I 've done anything significant on film . |
27 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
28 | Apart from winter fishing , this is the first real outing of the year , and always a super ritual for my father and myself . |
29 | With a long journey ahead of me every morning and evening , I do n't hang about , and this is the first petrol-engined car I 've used that has given me over 45mpg on a run . |
30 | Having only recently arrived in the Province , this is the first ti me he has had to do them , and they are taking him some ti me . |