Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a composer and a soloist Bach did much to champion the pianoforte , an instrument then being developed in London by German immigrant craftsmen : the sonatas Op. 5 are apparently the first works published in England to include the piano on the title-page , and Bach is credited with performing the first solo on the instrument in public in London in 1768 . |
| 2 | " Being in love " and " being loved " are naturally the next stages . |
| 3 | INXS are only the second Aussie band to crash into the album charts at No 1 . |
| 4 | National data on the use of each part of the service by age and sex , married persons and unmarried persons , is used as the basis of these weightings , but they are only the first stage . |
| 5 | However , as was pointed out there , the waves predicted by such theory are only the first stage of the evolution towards turbulent motion . |
| 6 | Elections , however , are only the first step . |
| 7 | Our experiments with Zeta are only the first milestone along what may be a longish road , and we can not see the end of the road . |
| 8 | The house was originally built in 1880 and the Michies are only the third owners |
| 9 | We are just the first ones . ’ |
| 10 | You 'll have to bear with me David , I think you 're only the second person I 've ever had , if you 'll excuse the expression , in this studio . |
| 11 | You 're only the second Scot I 've met in ten months . ’ |
| 12 | The place was originally built in 1880 and they 're only the third people to have owned it since then . |
| 13 | You 're obviously the last people to have them then , I think everybody else has had them |
| 14 | I mean , i i it 's a while before these chairs are , the they 're always the last ones these to sit |
| 15 | Now , a new settlement option is a last ditch option , we 're far from being the last ditch here , we 're hardly the first ditch . |
| 16 | And , of course , you must make sure you 're here the next time we come swimming . ’ |
| 17 | The fertile lowlands are always the first places to be occupied and Java was no exception . |
| 18 | The shallow bays may be a degree or two warmer , and are always the first place to look in the early days , but the deeps will stay cold until real strength returns to the sun . |
| 19 | To be known to the police as having a history of crime is sufficient to be categorized a gouger , and people in Easton who are well known as gougers are always the first suspects . |
| 20 | Windows are usually the first things to go in a riot , but medieval glass survived in many of the churches — in St. George 's and St. Martin 's , for example — and Yorkist symbols remained in the windows of St. Mary 's . |
| 21 | Members of the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service , staff voluntarily by GPs , are usually the first doctors to arrive at the scene of car accidents where they can give specialist emergency treatment , additional to that provided by ambulance staff . |
| 22 | Plants that give us both outstanding flowers and foliage are usually the first choice . |
| 23 | Equally , when cuts in expenditure are considered , capital programmes are usually the first victims . |
| 24 | The fact that mothers are usually the first object of love for their offspring creates real differences between boys and girls when it comes to relinquishing that tie . |
| 25 | These are also the second premises to be attacked . |
| 26 | Substitution drills are also the first step in making system drills , but these will be dealt with in 7.2.3 . |
| 27 | They are also the first point of customer contact at the Sales Centre . |
| 28 | The last lines quoted , which are also the last lines of the Canto , reveal this clearly for those who know The Cantos : the paradoxical coupling of the fluid ( the waves ) with the fixed ( the crystal ) is what Pound regularly sees as the essence of the authentic artifact . |
| 29 | Badgers also produce a few other noises that are n't vocal but , none the less , are very badgerish and are often the first sign that one is nearby . |
| 30 | The reports of earlier and less specialised exploration often include references to landforms as they are often the first things to engage the attention of the non-specialist . |