Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HBcAg was usually the first viral antigen to be detected by immunohistochemistry ( Fig 1B ) . |
| 2 | The " Vouillé " campaign was not the first Frankish invasion of Visigothic Aquitaine . |
| 3 | The Hall of Fame is not the first international honour awarded to Professor Solomons . |
| 4 | The quiteron is not the first superconducting device that engineers have considered for chips . |
| 5 | The Deloitte fiasco is not the first big eight merger to fall apart and these ridiculous posturings must leave the clients , who are supposedly served by their auditors , completely baffled . |
| 6 | Calvinist Ghent in the 1570s , Paris under the domination of the Catholic League were perhaps the first sustained exercises in popular power in the modern period , and even they did not last long . |
| 7 | So if one picks fourth-wall busting as the decisive criterion , the first big sitcom was also the first postmodern sitcom . |
| 8 | The untreated , untrimmed , unadorned sheepskin was probably the first human garment and may therefore have been associated in the Minoan mind with the distant and primeval past . |
| 9 | Illustrator was also the first commercial program to avoid the Macintosh 's own graphics routines , QuickDraw , and produce its screen image by using PostScript . |
| 10 | We know that Champagne was not the first sparkling wine : references in the Bible like ‘ wine … when it moveth itself ’ ( Proverbs 23:31 ) and ‘ Neither do men put new wine into old bottles ; else the bottles break ’ ( Matthew 9:17 ) confirm the existence of sparkling wine long before viticulture was even introduced to the Champagne region . |
| 11 | Archie was n't the first drunk man he 'd driven home in the early hours of the morning . |
| 12 | However , the Abu Dhabi office is not the first overseas-based venture for J&F Johnston . |