Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was another good example of why the sooner it is possible to delay the first round of the World Group matches so that there is more than a full week between them and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year , the better .
2 ( To a first approximation , one is likely to encounter the first type if f is a little higher than f and the second type if f is a little lower than f . )
3 Second they determine under what circumstances he is likely to answer the first question correctly .
4 Any new student interested in joining the squad is welcome to attend the first training session on Wednesday September 8 , at the Dub playing fields , 2pm .
5 It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism .
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