Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 5 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 6 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 7 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 8 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 9 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
| 10 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
| 11 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 12 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 13 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 14 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 15 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 16 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 17 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 18 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 19 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
| 20 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 21 | Microport thinks it is the first Unix Labs licensee to make the compiler available in shrinkwrapped form . |
| 22 | Duncan realized it was the first time Myeloski had mentioned Oldenburg 's Russian origins . |
| 23 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 24 | I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said . |
| 25 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
| 26 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 27 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 28 | I think it was the first time you really spoke to me . |
| 29 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 30 | And she has n't got two , that means it 's the first time I 've seen those three lights on . |