Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But everyone should be fighting for first team places , especially as we are going to Wembley . |
| 2 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 3 | With the exception of round carrots , which may be sown in first in pots , and kohl rabi , which is not a true root , all root crops are sown directly into the ground because their tap roots will be misshapen if transplanted . |
| 4 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 5 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |
| 6 | But the number of police constables that we can have available , would make a big difference to the lives of the very ordinary people , and that 's where we should be looking at first . |
| 7 | The Opposition believe that we should consider alternatives and the ability of magistrates to say that something must be done with first offenders and that an alternative can work . |
| 8 | What we 'll be doing at first then is just to take an overview of the house , you would n't necessarily get that on an ordinary tour . |
| 9 | Since those warm springs were the principal reason for the existence of Baden in the earliest days , perhaps they should be dealt with first . |
| 10 | For all that , there are certain well-defined causes of urethritis and they will be dealt with first . |
| 11 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |