Example sentences of "[coord] perhaps the first " in BNC.
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1 | She would be a great actress or a great painter , or perhaps the first woman Prime Minister . |
2 | The final proof , or perhaps the first , is the chub 's big mouth and thick white rubbery lips . |
3 | He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ . |
4 | The method used for climbing steep ice which employs the two forward facing points and perhaps the first two of the downward ones . |
5 | But if Charles was the first Carolingian , and perhaps the first medieval king , to show an insider 's appreciation of contemporary scholarship , he had ( directly or indirectly ) his mother to thank . |