Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , at any rate , are not going to fire the first shot . |
| 2 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 3 | They were also used to power the first oil-engined tractor and the first practical oil-engined locomotive , both in 1896 . |
| 4 | HEAD teachers were today urged to boycott the first pilot tests for 11-year-olds next summer . |
| 5 | He was now motivated to found the first Labour church and on 4 October 1891 the initial service was held at the Chorlton town hall in Manchester . |