Example sentences of "[Wh det] be the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new literacy and cheap newsprint spawned the monster newspapers which were the first cultural artifact of mass society . |
| 2 | They do so at their peril , which is the first major tenet of this exciting thriller , which resurrects some favourite old ploys not least the shower curtain , the body in a cupboard , and the inability to escape . |
| 3 | This is the ‘ truest cause ’ of Thuc. i.23 , a famous and deeply original statement which is the first conscious attempt to develop a theory of historical causation : ‘ The truest cause ’ , he says , ‘ was one not much admitted at the time : it was the growth of Athenian power , which frightened the Spartans and forced them to war . |
| 4 | The primary services — family doctors , dentists , pharmacists — are very much the front line of health care and in 1986 we published a Green Paper which was the first comprehensive review of the services for forty years . |
| 5 | The first was the introduction of the Apple Macintosh which was the first personal computer to be based entirely on a graphical interface as opposed to the more conventional character-at-a-time systems . |
| 6 | In the early days it was water , in the form of the " endless ocean to the west " , which was the first major obstacle for continental European explorers . |
| 7 | This came into being when the very first change in the first cell took place , and that change , which was the first biochemical action , ultimately proved to have been , or must be acknowledged to have been , taken to initiate the process which would continue indefinitely to produce a living being with an ever-increasing capacity to enjoy life . |
| 8 | Allied ( draught brands include Ansells , Benskins , Double Diamond , Ind Coope , Taylor Walker and Tetley ) are particularly strong in the light , pale and export ales market ( its strongest brand is Long Life , which was the first canned beer on the market and is currently leader in the export segment , but it also produces Skol and Arctic Lite ) . |
| 9 | The borough council already looks after the eastern end of the ruined priory which was the first Augustinian monastery . |
| 10 | ‘ S-Sugar , the famous veteran Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command , which was the first heavy bomber to complete one hundred war flights , is unlikely to fly again on operations . |
| 11 | Dogs were used to put down a land reform demonstration outside the National Congress in Asunción on June 23 , 1989 ; 10 people were injured in what was the first major use of force since Rodríguez had seized power . |
| 12 | But when the electorate went yet again to the polls on 19 May , this time to elect their local government representatives , the DUP did quite well in what was the first genuine free-for-all among unionist parties . |
| 13 | The Tu–144 part of the story includes some rare air-to-air shots of what was the first supersonic passenger aircraft to fly ( it flew almost three months before Concorde , on the last day of 1968 ) as well as a brief history of Tupolev and his early aircraft . |
| 14 | What was the first big break for you ? |