Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [be] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory .
2 Lets hope it 's the last one of those type of chances that he missed this season .
3 Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no .
4 I mean the the stuff 's due to come in on Friday , he reckons it 'll get it 's the fourth on Friday is n't it ?
5 Nex anyway it 's quite near Portsmouth and we heard that the first Queen Elizabeth ship , they do n't say it 's the first but they call this one the Q E Two but there was a Q E One , you see at one time and so we took a coach from there to Southampton because we heard that she was in dock there and so we went and there were crowds of people and all in a queue waiting to go in .
6 ‘ I would n't say it was the last ditch for the capercaillie .
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