Example sentences of "[adj] [be] the [num ord] [noun] " 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 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 !
6 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 . ’
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 The drama of the space race derives very largely from this being the last wilderness left .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 This is the 74th running of the popular race , started in 1907 .
13 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 .
14 Amid the renewed glimmers of hope is the knowledge that this is the 19th attempt at a ceasefire .
15 This is the first Windows Application we 've come across where you could throw away the manual , the on-screen help is really that good !
16 This is the first end-user application of the Fulcrum code .
17 This is the first word . ’
18 Donita attributed it directly to the feminist line : ‘ Because this is the first generation that 's grown up with the women 's revolution .
19 This is the first opportunity to express explicitly an advisory , demonstration-type role .
20 This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director .
21 Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues .
22 For most young people this is the first opportunity to see a painting from one of the country 's national collections .
23 However , erm this is the first chance I 've had to speak today so I ca n't take all the blame of the er , of the , of the late start , erm I do n't know whether it would make it any easier to the my colleagues on my right or my left erm to accept the Liberal resolution .
24 Lots of girls but this is the first boy . ’
25 The first leg is in the third race , the eight o'clock , this is the first quarter final .
26 Well , this is the first question okay ?
27 This is the first event organised by Network Craigavon and was a co-operative effort by members of the different groups that make up the Network .
28 This is the first reference to what was to become A Squadron , commanded by Paddy Mayne .
29 This is the first afternoon aff I 've had in five weeks , ’ Andy accepted the cigarette and lit it .
30 However , this is the first scheme in Argentina which involves equity stakes in privatisations .
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