Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] was the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monday 's award was the second of its kind for Miss Paterson . |
| 2 | ‘ But my grandfather 's grave was the last on this hill . |
| 3 | Last year 's outbreak was the first of its kind in the country . |
| 4 | Held 2–8 March , the fair enjoyed twice as much space in its new premises , the Grand Palais , as it had done in its former venue , the basement of the Hotel George V. Still an all-French affair despite the eagerness of foreign galleries to get in , this year 's Salon was the first to include nine contemporary dealers , including Gerald Piltzer who made a last minute decision to join in . |
| 5 | Puddephat 's murder was the last item in the bulletin . |
| 6 | Kopyion 's car was the third car . |
| 7 | The boy 's fate was the last and the least reverberation of that disastrous thunder , but not the least pitiful . |
| 8 | YESTERDAY 'S crash was the first in which A300 Airbus passengers were killed or injured , according to the best-selling plane 's makers . |
| 9 | Until now the the F111 has had a good safety record.July 's crash was the first in peace time . |
| 10 | Gerard 's home was the first one the killers came to as they left the Tiger 's Bay Loyalist stronghold . |
| 11 | Its declarations required Catholic scholars to believe , for example , that Moses had written the Pentateuch , and that St Matthew 's Gospel was the first Gospel to be composed . |
| 12 | Domitian 's decree was the first recorded attempt to reduce a European winelake . |
| 13 | Mildred 's room was the last of all . |
| 14 | Dr Jaffery 's room was the last on the corridor . |
| 15 | Mr Nightingale 's room was the third along to the right . |
| 16 | His response to this development in O'Keeffe 's art was the first positive assessment of the result of the effort she had made to have her intentions as an artist redefined . |
| 17 | Saturday 's rally was the first real indication of how much support the workers have attracted . |
| 18 | The child 's welfare was the first consideration and then other tests had to be applied . |
| 19 | ‘ The child 's welfare was the last thing on their minds , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 20 | The Men and the Girls sold over 40,000 copies in hardback ; The Rector 's Wife was the 24th bestselling paperback of the year ( The Bookseller , 15th January ) . |
| 21 | Dirac 's theory was the first of its kind that was consistent with both quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity . |
| 22 | Arty 's father was the first to speak . |
| 23 | Often a boy 's father was the first to take him below . |
| 24 | Faldo 's ace was the fourth of his career , and each resulted from a blow with his 6-iron . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , a single lapse in this mother 's policy was the first step on the slippery slope of interrupted nights . |
| 26 | Robert 's exhibition was the next highlight in our lives . |
| 27 | Rockwell 's victory was the first to be scored by the newly formed 124 Squadron , otherwise known as the ‘ Escadrille Americaine ’ — until pressure from the Isolationist lobby in Washington shortly caused it to be changed to the ‘ Escadrille Lafayette ’ . |
| 28 | January 's flooding was the second worst on record after the great flood of 1814 . |
| 29 | Svetlanov 's orchestra was the first really good one I conducted in my life . |
| 30 | Some analysts claimed that Zhu 's promotion was the first gain for moderates since the army crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement . |