Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far , most of the effort has been devoted to unifying the first three categories of physical interactions , the strong and weak nuclear forces and electromagnetism . |
| 2 | Thus scheme six , for instance , might be altered by making the first instalment payable on the 22nd day after the loan and taking 7d per pound for interest . |
| 3 | Seventeen random numbers in the range 000 to 200 ( representing the record keys ) can be selected by choosing the first numbers within the required range occurring in a random number table . |
| 4 | How much , can be gauged from seeing the first four entries under " D " in the index : dactylic foot , Daily Mail , Darwin , Charles , and deconstruction . |
| 5 | That the two objectives are interdependent can be demonstrated by examining the first objective . |
| 6 | Premiums can also be cut by paying the first £150 or £250 of a claim and some insurers offer no-claim discounts , which should suit the super fit . |
| 7 | Himalayan Kingdoms are to be congratulated on organising the first commercial British expedition to an 8000m peak , but Alan Hinkes does not tell us enough in his article Broad Peak in the June issue . |
| 8 | However , for a discount security with more than six months ( 182 days ) to maturity , the bond equivalent yield has to take into account the fact that the corresponding bond makes two coupon payments and that interest is earned by investing the first coupon . |
| 9 | The falsificationist is committed to preferring the first . |
| 10 | And it is a Scot who is credited with using the first ‘ cady ’ on the golf course , namely the Marquis of Montrose , who played on that delightful east-coast course in the 1620s and wrote in his accounts , ‘ payment of four shillings to the boy who carried my clubs ’ . |
| 11 | As a composer and a soloist Bach did much to champion the pianoforte , an instrument then being developed in London by German immigrant craftsmen : the sonatas Op. 5 are apparently the first works published in England to include the piano on the title-page , and Bach is credited with performing the first solo on the instrument in public in London in 1768 . |