Example sentences of "[be] [art] first [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 2 | In this respect Excel has always been the first of the Windows spreadsheet , and incorporated much of the ease of use that Windows offered . |
| 3 | Dixon , who campaigned upon the promise to " clean City Hall out not with a broom , but a shovel " , had been the first of the candidates to call for Barry 's resignation . |
| 4 | In other words , in the circumstances of the present case the wishes and feelings of W. , considered in the light of her age and understanding , are the first of the factors to which the court must have regard , but the court must have regard also to such of the other factors as may be relevant when discharging its overall responsibility for W. 's welfare . |
| 5 | These are the first of the super-formats , and although basically compatible with standard VHS , the picture quality is greatly improved . |
| 6 | NME ca n't claim to be the first off the blocks with coverage of this splenetic musical bastard — that honour has to go to the now sadly defunct Sounds . |
| 7 | Nimbus believes HyperSparc may even leapfrog Viking to be the first of the superscalars to become available to all-comers . |
| 8 | Being the first of the lasses , she was always his favourite ; the lads did n't seem to matter . |
| 9 | As shown in Figure 4 , the thecodontians were the first of the archosaurs , the group that also includes the pterosaurs , crocodiles and the dinosaurs . |
| 10 | The agreement is the first between the nations since a 1970s pact on polar bear hunting . |
| 11 | The mallard is the first of the ducks to swop dowdy eclipse plumage for breeding plumage : bottle-green head , curly tail , white neck ring , rusty breast and blue speculum . |
| 12 | That rule , which is the first of the rules dealing with Lautro 's intervention powers , authorises the board : ‘ In any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors … ’ to exercise their powers of intervention . |
| 13 | Step IV " Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves " is the first of the steps involved in " cleaning house " and in learning to see one 's self as one really is — the good as well as the bad . |
| 14 | There inside the den was the first of the cubs . |
| 15 | Colman 's regiment was the first of the territorials to serve with the regular army in France after the outbreak of World War I , and he was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg , acquiring the limp which he was to spend much of the remainder of his life and career attempting , often in considerable pain , to conceal from audiences and cameras alike . |
| 16 | The collaboration was then inaugurated at Marble Hill , Twickenham ( 1724–9 ) , which was the first of the buildings credited to Lord Herbert , and it was continued at most , if not all , of his subsequent works — including amongst others the White Lodge , Richmond Park ( 1727–8 ) for King George II and the Palladian bridge at his own seat of Wilton House , Wiltshire ( 1736–7 ) . |
| 17 | houseman and Gwenellen 's fiancé , was the first of the surgeons to arrive in Marcus for his night round . |
| 18 | That was the first of the combines . |