Example sentences of "it was the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the seventh handle , and the fat woman 's stag was still eager . |
| 2 | Two runs earlier Sidhu had been dropped by Reiffel in the gully off McDermott : it was the 29th chance dropped by the home side in the series , nine of them off McDermott . |
| 3 | The only thing he was thankful for was that it was the eleventh day , the rest day . |
| 4 | It was the 28th house he had called at . |
| 5 | It was the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Medau College in Berlin in 1929 but not much was made of this , Dr Jochen Medau explained that they were looking to the future rather than the past . |
| 6 | It was the first year the Group 's three NDT companies were represented together : . |
| 7 | It was fairly erm revolutionary at the time in in the fact it was really adopting a client server approach in network computing , and it was the first way to do that . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher 's dramatic and unexpected exit was even more remarkable because it was the first instance since Neville Chamberlain 's resignation in 1940 of a Prime Minister in good health and eager to continue being forced out of office other than after electoral defeat . |
| 9 | An auspicious day in cutter history as it was the first instance of the reigning monarch travelling by revenue cutter . |
| 10 | we had a lot of affection for it really and , I mean we 've had it so long and it was the first furniture we had when we married |
| 11 | It was the first event of its kind , and only possible now that traffic was beginning to move again after the restraints of the war . |
| 12 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 13 | It was the first case in which electrostatic depression analysis evidence had exposed police malpractice by analysis of the interview notes . |
| 14 | It was the first case for which the exact solution of Einstein 's equation was obtained , and this was done by Schwarzschild in 1916 . |
| 15 | It was the first part of a two-day sale in which all the lots found buyers . |
| 16 | It was the first audit as a public company , so it was relevant to meet the auditors but not exactly essential ! ’ |
| 17 | It was the first holiday since their short honeymoon in York so that Stephen , too , was eagerly anticipating the break from the routine of business . |
| 18 | It was the first softening Charles could ever remember hearing from Juliet . |
| 19 | It was the first work on which he collaborated-and collaborated happily-with Nicholas Georgiadis but it is now given in the heavy scarlet , black and gold designs which Georgiadis substituted in 1980 . |
| 20 | It was the first order of its kind that Patrick had given , but both Mrs James and Sarah immediately moved towards the door . |
| 21 | ‘ It was the first home I had . ’ |
| 22 | This couple certainly appeared to be full of faith , which was encouraging as it was the first home that I visited . |
| 23 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
| 24 | It was the first chance to see Diana close up since the long honeymoon and it was like looking at a different woman . |
| 25 | It was the first chance the girls had had to speak their own langauage . |
| 26 | It was the first performance under the name Depeche Mode , and also David Gahan 's debut . |
| 27 | It was the first boy from the school . |
| 28 | It was the first conviction of a white police officer on charges arising from such killings . |
| 29 | It was the first smile Maggie had seen since Laura 's arrival in Heymouth . |
| 30 | It was the first teaching situation I 'd been in , and I 'd got lots of energy and I was devising ways of getting classroom control and class management and all that kind of thing … |