Example sentences of "[be] be [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 he 's going , so busy looking on what 's going on behind the question that 's being asked , that you never answer the question that you 're being asked in the first place .
2 The links they forged here , both during and after the Second World War , are being illustrated for the first time in a remarkable new exhibition , which opens at the Scottish United Services Museum , Edinburgh Castle on 21 April .
3 For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session .
4 Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not !
5 Every activity in the left-hand path is treated as if it were being undertaken for the first time .
6 Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time .
7 It 's being seen as a first step towards opting out of the N H S.
8 The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network .
9 In what is being seen as the first licensing by Apple Computer Inc of its Macintosh technology , the company has signed an OEM agreement that enables Honeywell Inc to use the Mac interface in avionics systems : Honeywell will use the technology to drive management information systems for commercial airline cockpits , building an Electronic Library System incorporating an adapted avionics version of Apple 's Macintosh Quadra 800 high-end box .
10 Much of their repertory is being recorded for the first time ( or very nearly so ) , and it may be that some current recordings will sound exploratory , even tentative , to future generations who will have the privilege to take things further .
11 If you supply the identifier of a Paper SPR that is being updated for the first time , a warning message will be displayed .
12 The requirements for safe glazing is being provided for the first time , but do not apply to glazing which is being replaced .
13 It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day !
14 Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority .
15 The party 's Anglican commitment was as firm as ever before 1914 , even though it was being led for the first time by a man who was not an Anglican himself .
16 It was as if our vision was a piece of elastic which was being stretched for the first time after a long period in a drawer .
17 They drove us as far as the mud roads would allow in the royal land-rover , and down to the bay where a pearl-oyster hatchery was being tried for the first time ; and at night there were more festivities , and endless delectable maidens vying for our attentions …
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