Example sentences of "[be] [adv] the first [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is n't it strange , Master Southgate , you are not the first to say that . |
| 2 | They were also the first to join permanent trade unions . |
| 3 | The Bengali intelligentsia , the first sizeable social group in Asia to come into close contact with a European nation , were also the first to experience such a revolution in their mental world . |
| 4 | The French shops were the first to use the dark green exterior , which became an instantly recognizable hallmark of ‘ country ’ quality , and were also the first to have architect-designed wooden interiors . |
| 5 | Marx and Engels were probably the first to demonstrate this so emphatically . |
| 6 | Michel Foucault is not the first to say many of the things he argues . |
| 7 | This is the first study from the United Kingdom to examine the cost of maintaining patients on long term sclerotherapy , and it is also the first to compare this with a surgical procedure in such patients . |
| 8 | He was not the first to do this . |
| 9 | Thomas was not the first to learn that criticism of Bernard , to Laura , was foolhardy . |
| 10 | Salgado was not the first to photograph this extraordinary spectacle . |
| 11 | He was also the first to print five more Erasmus titles in English or Latin , the latest being Sir Thomas Chaloner 's translation , The praise of folie , 1549 ( STC 10500 ) . |
| 12 | It was also the first to use controlled pre-heating of boiler feed-water . |
| 13 | He was also the first to prepare blue mottled soap . |