Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] be [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directors need to make swift , well-informed decisions to ensure that their companies are the first to react and are able to grow at their competitors ' expense . |
| 2 | Their names were the first out of the hat in our prize draw , run in conjunction with the club 's major sponsor Appletise , for tickets for the clash with Norwich and Peterborough Pirates on Sunday . |
| 3 | High on its flanks was the last retreat of St Antony , a cave in the cliff-face where he went to escape his followers , who gathered below on the site of the first monastery . |
| 4 | He had the shamelessly sensuous look of a man for whom being saved from his sins was the last thing on his mind . |
| 5 | His caresses were the last hooks of a castaway |
| 6 | Among his pupils were the last two senior wranglers ( A. W. Ibbotson and J. P. Daniell ) before the rank was abolished . |
| 7 | Our teenagers are the first generation of young people to begin their sex lives under the shadow of AIDS . |
| 8 | The reward system in our universities is the second impediment to change . |
| 9 | ‘ Our machines are the first to produce high-quality images on 100 per cent cotton , and non-toxic , durable , images on mugs . ’ |
| 10 | Our results are the first to show , in vivo , that the release of neurotransmitter aminoacids occurs in the conscious human brain during seizures . |