Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [be] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | On 6th May — the day on which , incidentally , it actually snowed ! — I had the good fortune to play in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major , which formed one halfofa concert in the second part of which was the first performance of Vaughan Williams ' Sancta Civitas . |
2 | The Tu–144 part of the story includes some rare air-to-air shots of what was the first supersonic passenger aircraft to fly ( it flew almost three months before Concorde , on the last day of 1968 ) as well as a brief history of Tupolev and his early aircraft . |
3 | But when the electorate went yet again to the polls on 19 May , this time to elect their local government representatives , the DUP did quite well in what was the first genuine free-for-all among unionist parties . |
4 | Dogs were used to put down a land reform demonstration outside the National Congress in Asunción on June 23 , 1989 ; 10 people were injured in what was the first major use of force since Rodríguez had seized power . |
5 | Ignoring the disagreement between Christianity and Judaism as to which is the seventh day , working people start the week on Monday , and Sunday is their day of reward — however indulged . |
6 | 4.1 The period of the licences shall begin on the date of this Agreement and end on whichever is the first to occur of the following : |
7 | Unfortunately Stephano can not claim a new record for what was the second biggest fish ever landed in Irish waters on rod and line because he received assistance . |