Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Its combination of performance , quality engineering , specification and economy will win customers away from competitive models and attract buyers who are considering diesel for the first time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | These are the children who sometimes crack at university level because they are facing challenge for the first time in their lives . ’ |
| 3 | If you are installing LIFESPAN for the first time , then it is recommended that you create up to three LIFESPAN Processes , as described below . |
| 4 | Disabled people from twenty one countries are taking part in the first wheelchair games of its kind . |
| 5 | Get Ready ! is a lively two-level course for children who are learning English for the first time . |
| 6 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 7 | If the softly spoken Welshman is making history as the first rugby man to conquer soccer , he will not be the last . |
| 8 | Canadian firm Consensys Computer Inc , Markham , Ontario since 1985 , a vendor of intelligent input/output cards , is laying claim to the first shipments of USL Unix SVR4.2 Destiny shrink-wrapped binary operating systems for Intel iAPX-86 architectures . |
| 9 | Neighbours and business people , many of whom are confronting disability for the first time , have yet to work out ways of behaving with respect towards them and ways of making links which are welcome and helpful . |
| 10 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 11 | Margaret Elder was giving evidence on the first day of the fatal accident inquiry into drugs deaths in Glasgow . |