Example sentences of "be the [adj] ever [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , that inspired teacher Bernard of Clairvaux , who later on founded the Cistercian Order , knew well the innermost hearts of the army when he preached a sermon containing what must surely be the earliest ever advertising campaign . |
| 2 | If that is the case you 'll be the first ever case of a Western government being so reprimanded . |
| 3 | This will be the first ever opportunity for editors of Christian magazines in the Middle East to meet to share their common concerns and examine their role in the Church and in society . |
| 4 | This will be the first ever opportunity for editors of Christian magazines in the Middle East to meet to share their common concerns and examine their role in the Church and in society . |
| 5 | But from 1 January 1993 the three will join the UK 's fully fledged car company bosses ; the Marcos Mantara , Caterham K-series and Westfield ZEi will be the first ever kit cars to be sold fully built up , thanks to a helpful new bit of bureaucracy : Low Volume Type Approval . |
| 6 | IF , AS those in love with Super Mario and techno believe , we are to become a society where people bleep instead of laugh and the written and spoken word is confined to that particular history drawer already full of white football boots , Swapshop and pogo sticks , then it is possible this will be the last ever poet to be reviewed in the NME . |
| 7 | AT LEAST three records will be established in today 's 138th University Boat Race — Cambridge 's Dirk Bangert will become the first German to row in the race , Andy Probert , their 38-year-old cox , will be the oldest ever competitor and Oxford 's Boris Mavra will be the first Yugoslav Blue . |
| 8 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 9 | This was to be a great success for him , being the first ever history of an English county . |
| 10 | The Barcelona Olympics were the largest ever summer games , with more than 10,000 competitors and 5,000 officials . |
| 11 | And so you were the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes ? |
| 12 | And so you were the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes ? |
| 13 | A spokesman said : ‘ This is the first ever incident apparently involving a plug-in Safe and Sound baby listener . |
| 14 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 15 | The Education Bill of 1987 is the first ever piece of legislation to restrict the powers of local education authorities . |
| 16 | And I I did I went completely mad and that 's the only ever time I 've ever hit anybody in my life , honest . |
| 17 | It 's the first ever donation made by the Lottery and Dr Chris Payne is doctor at the Churchill Hospital . |
| 18 | It 's the biggest ever bag alright ? |
| 19 | We decided to do it as it was the first ever marathon championships for women and because of the sentimental and historical feelings attached to the course . |
| 20 | This was the first ever accident on a ski-lift at the Sierra Ranch resort in California . |
| 21 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years . |
| 22 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |