Example sentences of "be [art] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second round of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations between North Korea and Japan ended in Tokyo on March 12 after two days with no progress on the issues of compensation and inspection of nuclear facilities , as had been the case in the first round held on Jan. 30-31 in the North Korean capital Pyongyang . |
| 2 | I think it 's fair to say that the only significant report from the Operations Information Officer during this tour has been the dates of the first flights bringing Swedish holidaymakers to Larnaca . |
| 3 | As kite-makers and everyday enthusiasts for kite flying , the Peacock family of St.Albans had also been the winners over the first two years of the Kite Society 's Rokkaku Challenge . |
| 4 | ‘ What are the dates of the First World War ? ’ |
| 5 | We are the descendants of the first wave of life-formation ; all others have been devoured by members of our ‘ generation ’ . |
| 6 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 7 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 8 | They are the authors of the first of five volumes which are expected to appear in quick succession in the next eighteen months and catalogue the complete work of Magritte , his paintings , collages , gouaches , drawings , objects and sculpture , but exclude his designs for advertising posters and other commercial activities . |
| 9 | Nearly ten years after Belsey 's book appeared , there has been no revolution in the first sense , and it does not look as if there will be . |
| 10 | Obviously there had been no notices after the first night , and few of the critics of the major papers would have had time , let alone interest , to give the play a second viewing ; but a North London local paper with a weekly deadline had sent along its critic on the Monday of the second week , and their review appeared on the Thursday . |
| 11 | The thing between himself and Isobel had been so long ago he had difficulty remembering it , and it had been a mistake from the first . |
| 12 | Everyone , it seemed , was doing well out of the erosion of the 1878 settlement except the Russians , for whom that settlement had been a defeat in the first place . |
| 13 | Having been a soldier in the First World War , he really knows what he is writing about and is a great contrast to some of the pretentious poets who preach about war while they have never seen any violence in their entire lives . |
| 14 | ‘ You are a part of the first forest . |
| 15 | There are no spines on the first arm segment , one on the second , two on the third increasing up to 8 or 9 . |
| 16 | There are no spines on the first arm segment , one on the second , two on the third then three on the remaining arm segments . |
| 17 | Her father had been an invalid from the First World War — some kind of nervous trouble , I believe . |
| 18 | The Home Office directs the police , rather than ( as used to be the case before the First World War ) local magistrates , many of whom were owners of local industries , with a vested interest in the breaking of strikes . |
| 19 | Well it ca n't be the whole of the first side ! |
| 20 | use of L1 ( first language ) rules is hypothesised to be the result of the first language knowledge when a second language We is needed in production but is not available . |
| 21 | Great Valour of Firgorran , who was to be the sire of the first Rottweiler to take Best in Show at Tux Nationals , Ch. |
| 22 | However , Jansher 's continuing rivalry with Jahangir Khan is likely to be the highlight of the first World Open to use the lower 17-inch tin . |
| 23 | This was to be the basis of the first true industrial complex of modern Spain : the Catalan textile industry . |
| 24 | It will be the prelude to the first election entirely focused on the record of the Government — and its all-mighty leader . |
| 25 | He 'll be the fall-guy in the first reshuffle . |
| 26 | Let unc Inspection shows the third column to be the sum of the first two . |
| 27 | Reports said that the government had given assurances that there would be no retrenchment in the first year of privatization and that workers would be entitled to buy up to 10 per cent of the shareholding in their factories . |
| 28 | Except , more often than not , the Second Mrs Tanqueray reveals herself to be a carbon-copy of the first one in almost every way but one and that 's only until the new Tanqueray brood arrives , whereupon Lothario takes to ringing up the first Mrs T to say ‘ Where did we go wrong ? ’ |
| 29 | The third appears to be a deduction from the first two , but the syllogism is false . |
| 30 | ‘ If I knew the answer to that , I 'd be a manager in the First Division instead of a player in the Third . ’ |