Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shallow bays may be a degree or two warmer , and are always the first place to look in the early days , but the deeps will stay cold until real strength returns to the sun . |
| 2 | Badgers also produce a few other noises that are n't vocal but , none the less , are very badgerish and are often the first sign that one is nearby . |
| 3 | They were discovered in a search for diuretics , i.e. drugs which increase the volume of urine , and were not the first diuretics to have additional valuable properties . |
| 4 | It has not been in the hobby quite that long , but has , I estimate , been around for well over 30 years , and was probably the first Apisto to be kept in captivity . |
| 5 | Dredge was shot down in flames in Hurricane Z3057 on 6 May , only ten days after arriving on Malta ; he baled out , badly burned , and was probably the first victim claimed over the island by Ritterkreuzträger Oblt . |
| 6 | H p Hn Tomi was the third Rottweiler to achieve the title in Finland and was also the first bitch to do so , again in 1948 . |
| 7 | The project is not only symbolically important , but is also the first attempt to show the history of a town integrated with that of its Jewish community . |
| 8 | The present study is not only covering new ground in concentrating on a single age-group — teenagers — but is also the first study in the U.K. to extensively interview both parents and children from a sample of divorced and intact families . |
| 9 | This model is complex , but is just the first step in explaining the development of schizophrenia . |