Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
2 | The baby soon learns that her presence is necessary for the satisfaction of its needs and she is the first individual " other " whom the infant recognises . |
3 | Now 92 , she is the last surviving member of what came to be dubbed ‘ the Glasgow Girls ’ , the group who went through Glasgow School of Art during the early part of the century . |
4 | It is the first practical way of introducing ‘ road pricing , ’ a concept recommended by a committee under the late Professor Reuben Smeed nearly 20 years ago . |
5 | If the Port is indeed the landscape listed in the catalogue , it is the first surviving Cubist painting to have been seen in a large public exhibition ( the Braque exhibition in the previous year had been at Kahnweiler 's gallery which was small and at that time known to relatively few people ) . |
6 | A good non-slip rubber bathmat with suction caps underneath it is the first essential . |
7 | It is the first professional world title to be contested in Moscow , and will be co-promoted by the Spaniard Enrique Soria . |
8 | It is the first professional world title to be contested in Moscow , and will be co-promoted by the Spaniard Enrique Soria . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
11 | It is the first major development at the school since it first opened in 1957 . |
12 | It is the first major outbreak for many years . |
13 | It is the first major craft exhibition that South East Arts , your regional arts association , has organized . |
14 | Adapted from Russell 's 1978 stageplay , Stags And Hens , about a stag-night and a hen-party which converge at the same venue , it is the first BBC-funded film ever to receive a full cinematic release ( next Spring ) before its television broadcast ( September 1991 ) . |
15 | It is the first small step towards growing crops in space to make long spaceflights self-sufficient in food . |
16 | It is the first joint product venture undertaken by the two exchanges in the lead up to merger . |
17 | It is the first new product to be launched under the Penguin name since the biscuits appeared in the 1950s . |
18 | Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house . |
19 | Memorex Telex NV 's Peripherals Group in Milpitas , California has made good on its promise to offer a version of its 5100 Automated Tape Library for IBM Corp AS/400 9406 processors , and claims that it is the first such library in the AS/400 market . |
20 | It is the first such appeal , and it is made under the provisions of section 19A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 , which section was incorporated into that Act by section 111 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 . |
21 | If the second edition of a book contains revision material , it is the first revised edition . |
22 | But it is the first possible answer that presents the immediate worry . |
23 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
24 | It is the first mild day of March : |
25 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |
26 | It is the first established specialist journal in this subject , and 1989 sees its eighty-first year . |
27 | It is the first international agreement of its kind . |
28 | He had women not only in his church choir ( it is the first known instance ) but also in too close association with the life and pastoral work of the clergy . |
29 | Called Magellan Passport , it is the first cell-based product in the Canadian 's Magellan networking range and can handle both cell and frame switching . |
30 | And the fact that it is the first true country club in the area . |