Example sentences of "[noun sg] say [pron] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 2 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 3 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 4 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |