Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the first [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , the Luger 's a German gun — and who were the first major users of chemical weapons on this planet ? |
| 2 | Although we did not know it , we were the first white men he allowed into his home other than on business . |
| 3 | They are the first known lords of the manor of Cosmeston and gave their name to the village , Costentinstune ( the place of the Costentins ) . |
| 4 | They are the first published documents from which we can glean personal details about ordinary older people in significant numbers . |
| 5 | ‘ The flights were flagrant violations of the no-fly zone but they were the first armed attacks recorded by the UN since shortly after the no-fly zone was instituted ’ last October , the State Department spokesman , Richard Boucher , said . |
| 6 | They were the first correct entries out of the hat to the question : How many weeks was Mull of Kintyre at No 1 in the UK charts ? |
| 7 | They were the first such images she had seen — the Grimauds , like many Nîmois , were staunchly Protestant . |
| 8 | They were the first national employees to receive service awards in Colombia , as it is five years since LASMO set up business in the country . |
| 9 | They were the first known tamers of animals . |
| 10 | This neglect of Braque is strange , since his were the first Cubist paintings , and since , as opposed to Picasso , he actually showed Cubist works in a public Salon . |
| 11 | It started at the end of March , it 's the first nine months , it 's the first tranche of the erm , the F M arrangement , and , and your members will be getting a report in February on that . |
| 12 | It was the first two categories of capital murder in particular that discredited the Homicide Act . |
| 13 | Well it was the first hundred houses that were built in the New Town and it housed a lot of building trade workers , a lot of engineers and a lot of archi well a lot , a few architects and a few engineers and the rest were building trade workers or of some sort or another , and a few British Hydro |
| 14 | We must now fear with good reason that it was the first three months which were not typical . |