Example sentences of "be [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lily was on the point of having what might yet prove to be only the first stage of a thoracoplasty . |
| 2 | Apple chairman John Sculley told analysts at a briefing last month that the servers will be only the first step in a new push to support corporate users . |
| 3 | He will be only the fifth director in the Cleveland Museum 's seventy-five year history . |
| 4 | He has contributed much to music in the Farnham area during the last 20 years and the many supporters of the Tilford Bach Festival will no doubt want to hear what will be only the second performance of his work . |
| 5 | But trapping appears to be only the second line of defence . |
| 6 | When he fights for his country in Barcelona in July , Richardson will be only the second representative from Middlesbrough to compete in the Olympics . |
| 7 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 8 | He would be only the second goalkeeper to be similarly honoured by the Scottish Professional Footballers ' Association ( Theo Snelders , in 1989 , was the other ) . |
| 9 | Sparc will be only the third architecture — after Intel Corp 's iAPX-86 and Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC — that Novell Inc will have native NetWare 4.0 on . |
| 10 | If successful , Party Politics would be only the third horse to win in successive years , in the last 57 years , following on Reynoldstown ( 1935–36 ) and of course , Red Rum ( 1973–74 ) . |
| 11 | I realized suddenly that that was why lovers always feel the need to sleep together after making love , and to rest and be together the next day . |
| 12 | NORWEGIAN international Tore Dahlum could be just the first addition to Manchester United 's staff as manager Alex Ferguson seeks a goalscoring hero to revive their Premier League title prospects . |
| 13 | I I 'm likely , er to be away the last two weeks in August , and David 's going to be away the last week in August and the first of September , were n't you ? |
| 14 | If you 're gon na turn to stealing , then from then on it 's gon na be not the last resort any more , it 's gon na be one of the first resorts because it pays so much quicker . |
| 15 | This error proved to be nearly the last straw needed to break his credit , since he had raised every cent he could in order to invest in land for building . |
| 16 | in the following issue of The Building News asked if ‘ E.A.F. ’ had ever heard of an astylar composition , but another reply , from ‘ A. ’ in The Times on 1st November , was to be almost the last comment in that newspaper on the controversy . |
| 17 | He would be there the next morning if summoned , and Nigel could have a general discussion with him and leave him some sums to do regarding the all-decisive head . |