Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] the first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices .
2 Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries .
3 Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house .
4 Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate .
5 And Dinda said she needed a filling , a re-filling actually and she said it 's the first that she 's been to a dentist that she could remember that she did n't notice the needle coming in , part she hates is the needle in the gum .
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