Example sentences of "were the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were the second crew on the scene and we did not leave the crash site all day . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , second battalion Black Watch were there , we were the second battalion row . |
| 3 | ‘ We were the second example of 1960 's privatisation ( the Bluebell Railway in Sussex being the first ) but our 25-year hire purchase was the first and only one which British Rail permitted . |
| 4 | The Bandung talks were the second workshop to be held since Indonesia launched its South China Sea initiative in 1990 . |
| 5 | The Smiths were the second coming of Postcard — the whiter-than-white ‘ pure pop ’ : the sexual ambiguity ; the Luddite insistence on guitars : Edwyn Collins 's avowed rating of romance over sex ; the swoon instead of the earthy R&B rasp ; the flustered undanceability . |
| 6 | After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out . |
| 7 | Other units based briefly on the airfield were the 15th Bombardment Squadron , 305th Bombardment Group and the 96th Bombardment Group . |
| 8 | These were the first exchange traded financial derivatives . |
| 9 | With hindsight these changes were the first signs of Sjögren 's syndrome . |
| 10 | She was educated at home by a German governess ; then , after keeping house for her brothers , in 1886 she went to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she and another were the first women to gain first-class honours in the Cambridge moral sciences tripos in 1889 . |
| 11 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 12 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 13 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 14 | The published accounts of these journeys and the plants found , 250 in Kent and 72 more in Hampstead , were the first records of the herborising expeditions which were to become a regular part of the Apprentices ' training in botany . |
| 15 | As the first land-based creatures would need a tougher , armoured skin to protect them from their new environment , it is likely that these were the first amphibians . |
| 16 | They were the first amphibians and they too were carnivorous . |
| 17 | The Sun agreements were the first part of a strategy devised by Adobe 's four month-old Display Products Group to take the Unix field by storm — and there remains the Interactive Systems Unix side of Sun 's business to be mopped up , Ybarra reminds us . |
| 18 | We were the first back into the changing-rooms and we dumped our holsters and visors on the folding table near the door . |
| 19 | We were the first tour operator with overseas centres recognised by the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ) for tuition . |
| 20 | Very comfortable we were too , as no doubt were the first occupants , Neolithic men and their families . |
| 21 | There were places where we were the first Westerners ever to have been seen , though we pre-existed in their racial memory as ugly , dominating invaders . |
| 22 | The light , well-drained chalk downs of Wiltshire , the Cotswolds , Yorkshire , and Lincolnshire were the first areas of the country to be farmed . |
| 23 | The nature of public goods explains why defence and law and order were the first areas where government provision became dominant . |
| 24 | as if we were the first visitors here . |
| 25 | Trilobites were the first creatures on earth to develop high-definition eyes . |
| 26 | The insects were the first creatures to colonise the air and for a hundred million years it was theirs alone . |
| 27 | The 1980s , he notes , were the first decade in history in which there was no increase in the area of land farmed and — also for the first time — a fall in the amount of fresh water used per capita . |
| 28 | Likewise , most closures by multi-plant firms in ‘ assisted areas ’ after 1977 were the first closures by the respective firms in this country and in that product heading . |
| 29 | There were the first hints in the late 1950s of American balance of payments problems , and these strengthened the calls for higher tariffs . |
| 30 | As though we were the first man and woman ever , walking in the Garden of Eden . |