Example sentences of "be [adv] the first of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 2 | This was to be only the first of many special vessels to be built in the Leith area . |
| 3 | And if it did happen , your physical health could be just the first of many things you lose , that you take for granted now . |
| 4 | The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children . |
| 5 | And , if the situation with regard to individual psychological development and the evolution of culture is as I have represented it , then this is merely the first of many profound insights into the psychology of the ego — and perhaps most especially the superego — which can be expected but which were totally unobtainable as long as the individualistic fallacy blocked the way . |
| 6 | I would like to add that it is only the first of many Platinum Hotels I intend to open throughout the world . ’ |
| 7 | The initial change in Singer from shuddering zombie to desperate fighter for life is only the first of several metamorphoses — all caught with bravura vividness in Antony Sher 's phenomenally versatile performance . |
| 8 | Their Lordships agree that the mere existence or recital of a prior request is not sufficient in itself to convert what is prima facie past consideration into sufficient consideration in law to support a promise , as they have indicated , it is only the first of three necessary preconditions . |
| 9 | His interest in Edmund Ironside and Edward the Martyr is thus the first of several indications that attitudes to religion in his reign may have had distinct political overtones . |
| 10 | One reason is that many suspect this is just the first of several unwelcome shifts in the government 's funding pattern , despite official promises to the contrary . |
| 11 | It was only the first of many devices that articulated party opinion against governments that the party theoretically supported . |
| 12 | Reviewing the seminar , Paul Murray said : ‘ Given the change in our portfolio , this important step in LASMO 's investor relations programme was both essential and effective and was just the first of such events — we will certainly be continuing this communications process in the future . ’ |
| 13 | This was a story he told all his life ; it was just the first of many miracles with which he believed he was blessed . |
| 14 | Robert Halsband writes : ‘ Mrs. Yearsley was not the first of those whom Robert Southey called ‘ Our Uneducated Poets ’ but she was the first notable woman among them . ’ |
| 15 | This was also the first of many operations at Poole in which I was involved on the cutters . |