Example sentences of "were the [num ord] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We were the first back into the changing-rooms and we dumped our holsters and visors on the folding table near the door . |
| 14 | We were the first tour operator with overseas centres recognised by the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ) for tuition . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As though we were the first man and woman ever , walking in the Garden of Eden . |
| 17 | We were the first union in nineteen seventy six to come out with our policy on the then Race Relations Act it 's always been a trade union issue whether it was the trade unions in Germany in the twenties and thirties fighting Hitlerism and Nazi-ism or whether it was the trade unions fighting Moseley and his black shirts in Britain it has always been part of our ideals and principles . |
| 18 | In January we were the first union to issue briefing notes on all six key health and safety regulations enacted at the beginning of the year we were the only trade union to put on a stand at the EuroSafe ninety three exhibition which was the main exhibition of the European year of health and safety this promoted the union 's approach to health and safety . |
| 19 | In the 1940s the elderly , often totally without pensions , were the first concern . |
| 20 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 21 | But we were the first metal band to have a platinum album and the first metal band to sell six million albums in the States alone . |
| 22 | On the other hand , they were the first boot makes to promote the idea of air fit and they are now the only people still putting little air pumps on their boots . |
| 23 | In the evening they went walking , hand in hand , as if it were the first love for each of them . |
| 24 | They were the first couple in parliamentary history to sit on a front bench together in either House . |
| 25 | They were the first country to organise an international sevens tournament , which they did to celebrate their Centenary in 1973 . |
| 26 | This parallels the trampling experiment described above where the skulls were the first element to be broken . |
| 27 | Ayr Raiders were the first stop and the second period saw Devils take a 4-1 lead . |
| 28 | Er , b , but we were the first company , back in , I think 1987 , to bring out living insurance . |
| 29 | It 's Abbey Number One , Abbey , Abbey Life is Number One for Claims , because we were the first company er , if I put it over there now , it will stop me collecting it and taking in out . |
| 30 | They were the first state concerns to be given this go-ahead since July 1989 , although private companies had from January 1991 been allowed to make direct payments of foreign commercial debt . |