Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] be [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 2 | Maidstone 's the place to be for the first time ever , all four candidates are female . |
| 3 | Holbrecht advocated a mix of social classes in the same building ; his outline was for a single apartment to be on the first floor of a typical building ; for two apartments each on the Erdstock , the second storey and the third storey , and for three apartments on the fourth floor , as well as smaller flats on the ground floor and in the courtyard . |
| 4 | Naturally , I wanted Mum to be at the first night , and Dad too . |
| 5 | The total amount of time taken up in such social exchanges or interactions in this sample is in fact relatively small : a division of housewives into three groups according to the proportion of work time thus occupied — less than twenty-five per cent , between twenty-five and fifty per cent , more than fifty per cent — revealed the majority of women to be in the first group ; there was no significant relationship with work satisfaction patterns . |
| 6 | Both the Borough and Health Authority have supported the work of ACET in Ealing by being among the first to provide financial support . |