Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 2 | In one home a somewhat unhappy new resident was allowed to spend the first week after admission dressed in her coat and sleeping in a chair . |
| 3 | This feature was designed to cover the first flights of three Spitfires , during the time of its production that statistic changed to four ! |
| 4 | However , Walker found that if the BFP algorithm was altered to reflect the first three levels of SPAR 's ordering given above , correct results were obtained by eight of the 21 pronouns resolved correctly by Hobbs but incorrectly by the original BFP . |
| 5 | Dessie was used to promote the first Sunday meeting at Doncaster last month along with Red Rum . |