Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 5 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 6 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 7 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
| 8 | Kerrie says it 's the last straw . |
| 9 | She says it 's the last week of term before Christmas and everyone should be happy . |
| 10 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 11 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 12 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 13 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 14 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 15 | What does it mean when it says it is the last time . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |
| 17 | So there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders . |
| 18 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
| 19 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
| 20 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
| 21 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 22 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 23 | We 're , we 're sort of just about , you know there 's the last minute things to put in , but , barring that , what we 've done is to put it in a lot of small bags rather than big cases |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |
| 25 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 26 | Everything else is a bonus , but it 's also a bit like hunting round the first circuit safely in the Grand National — you know it 's the next circuit that matters . ’ |
| 27 | Well we know it 's the last week in April or something |
| 28 | ‘ As you know it 's the twelfth , the start of the grouse season , and I ordered thirty brace from the Ranlodden Estate which are supposed to be collected about now . |
| 29 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 30 | Then I remember it 's the next day and there 'll be a letter from Marie . |