Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is presumably the first in a series of large format paperbacks , with a fairly substantial text giving a concise summary of campaign history backed up by numerous black and white photographs from government sources ; and pages of coloured artwork mostly devoted to uniformed figures , with a few showing aircraft , armour and artillery . |
| 2 | Valmorel is effectively the fourth of the Three Valleys and is approached from Aigueblanche , just outside Moutiers . |
| 3 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 4 | With a full house of 185 at last Tuesday 's event in Edinburgh University , part-funded by Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise , it is arguably the first held by the IoD , that predominantly male organisation , where the overwhelming majority was female . |
| 5 | Since you can pick up a no-frills steam iron for £40 or £50 I assumed it would take all the angst out of what is arguably the last of the genuinely ghastly domestic chores . |
| 6 | This order is basically a First In First Out method with a simple modification . |
| 7 | It is merely a first step — but a very significant one , and one without which the hypnotherapist 's task would certainly be made far more difficult . |
| 8 | Moreover , the commercial approach now evident suggests that this is merely a first step towards privatisation . |
| 9 | Krakatoa is merely the first of a whole chain of active volcanoes which arc down through the Indonesian islands and round the Pacific to form what geologists call the Ring of Fire . |
| 10 | And , if the situation with regard to individual psychological development and the evolution of culture is as I have represented it , then this is merely the first of many profound insights into the psychology of the ego — and perhaps most especially the superego — which can be expected but which were totally unobtainable as long as the individualistic fallacy blocked the way . |
| 11 | Mastering the handwriting of the Tudor and Stuart eras is merely the first step in tackling these documents . |
| 12 | On the other hand , Preobrazhensky 's law of primitive socialist accumulation is merely the next logical step , or steps , based upon the premise of the conscious decision to build a socialist economy . |
| 13 | In either case , the line thus calculated is only a first approximation , and will be tuned up , as we shall see in the next section . |
| 14 | But this is only a first step to scientific study , and two questions naturally follow : having found D what use is it ? |
| 15 | That is only a fifth of what ITV companies charge each other for less popular , but , less economical , ‘ quality ’ drama . |
| 16 | Yet the quality , the range of frequencies we can detect , is only a fifth of that which we would expect from a reasonable Hi-Fi system . |
| 17 | Even though the site is only a second option , Councillor William Bleakes urged the council 's planning committee not to allow the matter to rest , and Alderman Samuel Semple pointed out the site had been under consideration since 1976 . |
| 18 | The strings here play a melodic line including the major 3rd of E7 ( G£ ) , while the bass gets away with a low G natural ( as it is only a sixteenth note long and not in an exposed position ! ) . |
| 19 | But the thing I keep coming back to when I look at the figures is that Northallerton is only a third bigger than Selby . |
| 20 | Frankfurt 's total capitalisation is only a third of the London stock exchange and a ninth of Wall Street , with many of the biggest German companies lacking even a listing . |
| 21 | The UFW 's current membership of 15,000 is only a sixth of its total in the 1970s . |
| 22 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 23 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 24 | This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities . |
| 25 | City of London Telecommunications Ltd , which is 90% owned by the US Fidelity Management & Research Corp , is only the second company to win a new public telephone operators licence since the creation of the British Telecommunications Plc-Mercury Communications Ltd duopoly . |
| 26 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 27 | And this is only the second day ! |
| 28 | This design/build contract is only the second of its kind to be let in Scotland and will be the first to be completed . |
| 29 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 30 | In 20 years as headmaster this is only the second time something like this has happened and the previous incident was even smaller . ’ |