Example sentences of "[that] [be] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of foreign ownership argue that British plants may become satellite plants or screwdriver plants , involved in the low value-added parts of the production process , providing jobs that are the first to disappear in times of difficulty . |
| 2 | It is just as well for him , therefore , that all the chicks , when they hatch , have firmly planted in their minds the notion that they must follow those two massive three-toed feet that are the first large moving things they see . |
| 3 | The hits that were the first choices on every juke box between 1956 and 1964 nostalgia-soaked favourites from rock 's bright young stars . |
| 4 | A couple of decades ago , when Piper and Cessna were busy making light singles that were the first aircraft for the average pilot wherever he or she flew , it seemed impossible that anything could stop the domination of the American makers . |
| 5 | That were the first words I ever heard on |
| 6 | Conventional systems analysis procedures were applied to single applications that were the first to be computerised in the organisation . |
| 7 | Her plan was doomed to failure ; they drove to the outskirts of Solihull and turned into the underground garage belonging to a newly built block of flats that were the last word in luxury , according to the advertisement she had seen . |
| 8 | THE unholy tangle that is the Second Division promotion and relegation saga will be resolved today and it could mean heartbreak for three of football 's biggest names . |
| 9 | I respond to them all , but in many cases that is the last I hear from the senders . |
| 10 | If these are given to us as actual temptations , there is no less of temptation in the resounding sentence that is the last but one of the portrait . |
| 11 | To remedy this weakness that is the next task before the labour movement . |
| 12 | If you have to go somewhere else due to lack of facilities that is the next step , otherwise you are pretty well set . |
| 13 | He scored his first goal of the season on Wednesday — and Ndlovu , who is rated by Coventry manager Bobby Gould as ‘ the most exciting young striker I have ever worked with ’ , believes that 's the first of many . |
| 14 | School that 's the first thing . |
| 15 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 16 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 17 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 18 | That pinky , one with a bit of pink and the beige and the , whatever , good lord that 's the first thing we made . |
| 19 | Yes cos that 's easy to round if there 's only oh sorry that 's the last name of contact we had . |
| 20 | He 'd been the man behind Mr Freedom , the shop that was the first place to sell T-shirts with slogans printed on them . |
| 21 | It is debatable whether it was the cylinder or the disc that was the first to have a formal ‘ label ’ physically attached . |
| 22 | We took the children , when we had the bus we took the children to Southend that was the first time they had all been out together and the owner of the Kersal and the person responsible on the council for the erm maintaining of of Southend , such as the Chairman , they put the Kersal at our disposal ! |
| 23 | I think Porky pig that was the first one I saw , that 's always good |
| 24 | The second thing er sorry that was the second thing . |
| 25 | The Lion Hotel boasts a bar that was the last men-only bar in town , staying that way till the '60s . |
| 26 | Fred says that was the last sighting of the spirit of Jed Knighton so his soul found its peace at last . |
| 27 | He thought of a Socialist future for his half country , and conceived the hope of a job in which he might have the luck to be gripped by some stupendous ire of work , trying to avoid the spectacle of the people around him and in the wet street outside , which pointed out a fraternal indifference in the world that was the last perception he cared to harbor . |
| 28 | All she wanted to do was to snuggle close to him , but waves of resentment coming from Dana told her that was the last thing she could do . |
| 29 | Here , in the Rose & Thistle Inn , in this prosperous trading-post that was the last port-of-call for traffic from Sydney , Mrs Gould 's journal reports a return to the familiar routine : ‘ employed all day making drawings ’ ( 24 September ) ; ‘ drawing all day ’ ; ‘ drew all day ’ ; while her labours were relieved by the occasional walk with her husband in the cool air of the early morning or evening : |
| 30 | And then I saw The Real McCoy that was the last one I think . |