Example sentences of "[be] [adv] see [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 2 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 3 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 4 | On the way back from that holiday in Provence , the party stopped in Paris , which John was also seeing for the first time . |
| 5 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |