Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
2 | Christians involved in the relief of poverty have been the first to point this out . |
3 | Tim Renton could be said to have been the first to grasp this nettle . |
4 | Gingrich had been the first to lay formal charges which had led to the resignation on June 6 of the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Jim Wright [ see p. 36650 ] , and it was widely believed that his own investigation had been initiated in revenge in April by Representative Bill Alexander ( Dem. , Arkansas ) who on Oct. 26 filed new charges against Gingrich for alleged misuse of campaign funds and of congressional stationery . |
5 | He claims to have been the first to produce any . |
6 | The simplest and most temperate words are the best to express complex and intemperate feelings . |
7 | Consequently these areas are the first to exhibit extra fat and the last to actually reduce . |
8 | And one tends to find that languages — French/German — are the first to abandon mixed ability , usually in the second year , sometimes the third year of a comprehensive school . |
9 | It happens perhaps sooner in languages and in science than it does say in history or English or geography , and certainly language teachers find much more difficulty in teaching mixed ability classes and one tends to find that languages — French/German — are the first to abandon mixed ability , usually in the second year , sometimes the third year , of comprehensive school . |
10 | Though these documents do not necessarily show evidence of cost-effectiveness thinking being employed in their production , they are the first sign that market forces are having an impact . |
11 | ‘ Our machines are the first to produce high-quality images on 100 per cent cotton , and non-toxic , durable , images on mugs . ’ |
12 | Then there are the two contenting stuffed parrots , one at the Hôtel-Dieu and one at Croisset . |
13 | I consider that one of the great benefits of public investigation is that not only are the guilty found guilty but the innocent are exonerated if false charges are made . |
14 | Under particular threat are the 1,700 remaining greater one-XXXX horned rhinos , native to Nepal and India , the 3,400 black rhinos of east and southern Africa , the last rhinos in Sumatra ( 700 ) and Java , where only 65 remain [ see ED no. 45 ] . |
15 | The common or vernacular names are interchangeable , but in English usage ( not the east coast pink shrimp fishery , or in the U.S.A. ) , prawns are the long legged crustaceans that live in rock and weedy areas , and shrimps are the short legged benthic crustaceans that bury in the sand . |
16 | And the horses well they they 're the worst to ship some were really bad and they had to be severely tied . |
17 | However , as leaders of the Christian community the clergy should be the first to foster good relationships through effective communication . |
18 | ‘ It would be very appropriate for Courtaulds — the first company in the world to exploit viscose rayon — to repeat history at the end of the century and be the first to exploit this new technology . ’ |
19 | And it would be very appropriate for Courtaulds — the first company in the world to exploit viscose rayon — to repeat history at the end of the century and be the first to exploit this new technology . |
20 | DENNIS SILK , a three-time Cambridge Blue who also played for Somerset , was names as MCC 's next president at the club 's AGM at Lord 's on May 6 , Silk , 60 , who retired recently as Warden of Radley College , takes over from Michael Melluish on Oct 1 , and will be the first to spend two years in office , under anew rule passed at the AGM . |
21 | Immediately everyone charged around the room attempting to be the first to touch all the walls . |
22 | New Brighton has been the setting for seven British championship events but next week 's spectacle will be the first to feature European boats . |
23 | They will never and under any circumstances be the first to use armed force against each other or against third states … |
24 | You would , I know , be the first to agree that , if the critics base themselves on fact and eschew the attractions of hindsight , such criticism is valuable . |
25 | As to the hon. Gentleman 's other points , he will be the first to accept that straw is very low in sulphur and will reduce acid rain when it is substituted for — or , as the hon. Gentleman would no doubt hope , co-fired with — fossil fuels . |
26 | Sources say that DEC and ICL plc will be the first to announce XPG4-branded operating systems — respectively OpenVMS and OpenVME — which may be as soon as the end of this month . |
27 | A new left-wing paper sympathetic to , and backed by , the trade unions could be the first to sign new staffing-level agreements and steal a march on the competition . |
28 | His big break came when a Rolling Stone critic gave him a rave write-up and major record companies fell over themselves in an attempt to be the first to sign this new blues sensation . |
29 | er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for . |
30 | The new products will still be available on other platforms — HP and DEC , for instance , are working with the company in other areas — but IBM UK and DG will be the first to offer commercial ports of Medley some time next year . |