Example sentences of "[be] the first [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chapter is thought to be the first on this subject in a text of this type . |
| 2 | New Brighton has been the setting for seven British championship events , but next week 's spectacle will be the first with European involvement . |
| 3 | I believe that it will be the first of many Queen 's Speeches prepared by my right hon. Friend . |
| 4 | This was not the first purge it had masterminded ( though it would be the first of this scale ) ; the structure was in place for an invisible but comprehensive cleansing . |
| 5 | From Heath Junction , the Chesterfield Loop followed the Rother Valley towards the town , the station at Grassmoor being the first on this section . |
| 6 | Yet both were the first in either family to sign the marriage register with more than a cross . |
| 7 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
| 8 | Gloucestershire is the first of many ambulance services intending to adopt the new livery and they hope eventually to have it on their whole fleet . |
| 9 | It is the first of this kind of thing that I have organised and I would like it to be a success . |
| 10 | This route is the first of this level which is higher than 10 metres and takes longer than one minute to climb . |
| 11 | This is the first of three quality players which Anderson hopes to sign during the summer months . |
| 12 | The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside , which houses Britain 's leading stone and sculpture conservation centre , is the first in this country to install the most recent development a laser scanner . |
| 13 | but they but they we have got a man here who is the first in this country , Mr to sue them . |
| 14 | The demonstration in Glasgow 's George Square was the first of two protest events building up to tomorrow 's Guy Fawkes celebrations . |
| 15 | The Iranian air strike was the first against Iraqi territory since the Iran-Iraq war and one of the most serious clashes since the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in 1988 . |
| 16 | But she was the first in recent memory — for Gentle the past had a way of evaporating after about ten years — who had conspired to remove everything from him in the space of half a day . |
| 17 | And in common with Guinness ' reputation for innovative ads , the poster marked a revolution — it was the first from any company that featured characters so famous and recognisable that it could dispense with a proper caption , or a reference to the product . |