Example sentences of "be [being] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | he 's going , so busy looking on what 's going on behind the question that 's being asked , that you never answer the question that you 're being asked in the first place . |
2 | The links they forged here , both during and after the Second World War , are being illustrated for the first time in a remarkable new exhibition , which opens at the Scottish United Services Museum , Edinburgh Castle on 21 April . |
3 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
4 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
5 | Every activity in the left-hand path is treated as if it were being undertaken for the first time . |
6 | Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time . |
7 | The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network . |
8 | In what is being seen as the first licensing by Apple Computer Inc of its Macintosh technology , the company has signed an OEM agreement that enables Honeywell Inc to use the Mac interface in avionics systems : Honeywell will use the technology to drive management information systems for commercial airline cockpits , building an Electronic Library System incorporating an adapted avionics version of Apple 's Macintosh Quadra 800 high-end box . |
9 | Much of their repertory is being recorded for the first time ( or very nearly so ) , and it may be that some current recordings will sound exploratory , even tentative , to future generations who will have the privilege to take things further . |
10 | If you supply the identifier of a Paper SPR that is being updated for the first time , a warning message will be displayed . |
11 | The requirements for safe glazing is being provided for the first time , but do not apply to glazing which is being replaced . |
12 | It is not that the question of the ordination of women is being considered for the first time in our day ! |
13 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
14 | The party 's Anglican commitment was as firm as ever before 1914 , even though it was being led for the first time by a man who was not an Anglican himself . |
15 | It was as if our vision was a piece of elastic which was being stretched for the first time after a long period in a drawer . |
16 | They drove us as far as the mud roads would allow in the royal land-rover , and down to the bay where a pearl-oyster hatchery was being tried for the first time ; and at night there were more festivities , and endless delectable maidens vying for our attentions … |