Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] be [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marriages might of necessity be in the first place a business agreement — an exchange of goods and services — but this did not mean that deep feelings did not enter it . |
| 2 | The Corporation of Manchester was among the first to build sewers . |
| 3 | Women with children were in the first buses . |
| 4 | The only major variation in training was during the first ten days before a new season , when players were not allowed to kick a ball . |
| 5 | Normalair-Garrett ( NGL ) at Crewkerne was among the first companies to introduce flexible manufacturing in the UK . |
| 6 | The last record of the bark being used for rope-making was in the First World War , when the German army used lime bark ropes to tow their guns . |