Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wigan are 7-4 on to win the First Division championship with Corals . |
| 2 | I am of course old enough to remember the first railway made in England , and still more easily the first telegraph wires ; now we see people are not satisfied with these last , but must have telephone wires too . |
| 3 | With a longer dissertation , be careful not to overload the first part , especially if it is a biographical summary , a description of historical context , or a literature review — all of which are potentially interminable . |
| 4 | Indeed Joanne was unlucky not to claim the first set , having served for it at 5–3 . |
| 5 | Though not piggishly chauvinistic enough to echo the first pronouncement , I heartily endorse the last . |