Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] [adv] [be] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rupert Murdoch told the annual meeting in Adelaide : ‘ This may well be the first year in some years when our earnings do not show their customary increase . ’ |
| 2 | This may well be the first fusion process used in a reactor , but there can also be fusion between deuterons alone or between deuterons and nuclei of helium-3 . |
| 3 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 4 | This will not be the first time it has been tried , and the observations of one former planning official are worth quoting at length : |
| 5 | Size of the mortgage , that could well be the first point of call is n't it ? |