Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] [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 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 3 | The Northumberland and Solway basins and some contiguous areas are the subject of the first study , which was completed this year . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well it ca n't be the whole of the first side ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Great Valour of Firgorran , who was to be the sire of the first Rottweiler to take Best in Show at Tux Nationals , Ch. |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This was to be the basis of the first true industrial complex of modern Spain : the Catalan textile industry . |
| 10 | It will be the prelude to the first election entirely focused on the record of the Government — and its all-mighty leader . |
| 11 | He 'll be the fall-guy in the first reshuffle . |
| 12 | Let unc Inspection shows the third column to be the sum of the first two . |
| 13 | On 1 May 1947 — traditionally Labour Day for the socialist , communist and anarchist movements — the industrialized provinces of Vizcaya and Guip´zcoa ( in the north of Spain ) were the scene of the first widespread strike since the end of the Civil War . |
| 14 | They were the basis of the first textbook on chemical engineering which Davis published in 1901 . |
| 15 | If there are two or more defendants , the home court is the court for the first defendant 's address . |
| 16 | Here again there is no good reason why the debtors should be freed from debts contracted after the first will : for , although the trust clause is in a later document , what it confirms is the content of the first will . |
| 17 | ( i ) The official receiver ( or someone nominated in writing by him ) is the chairman of the first meeting . |
| 18 | This is the scheme for the first part of my evolving jigsaw , with details of the plants required . |
| 19 | Here is the music for the first time today . |
| 20 | The experience curve takes the following form : where y is the average cost calculated over the company 's cumulative volume produced to date , x is the cumulative volume produced to date , a is the cost of the first unit produced , and b reflects the rate of learning . |
| 21 | The first failure is the beginning of the first lesson . |
| 22 | where A is the payment in the first year ; R is 1/ ( 1+I ) , where I is the interest rate ; and N is the number of years . |
| 23 | ‘ Presently Mr. Bixby turned on me and said : ‘ What is the name of the first point above New Orleans ? ’ |
| 24 | Anna Cavallaro is the author of the first exhaustive study of this late fifteenth-century artist , the chief exponent of devotional painting of the period . |
| 25 | The last term is the difference between the first two columns , not the more complex statistical measure . |
| 26 | The last term is the difference between the first two columns , not the more complex statistical measure . |
| 27 | Hence we are led to consider a two-address instruction format , where one store address is the source of the first operand and the destination of the result , and the other store address is the source of the second operand . |
| 28 | It is the basis of the first four — ( 1 , 1a ) , ( 2 , 2a ) , ( 3 ) , and ( 4 ) . |
| 29 | These changes in technique with boat shape can be shown in the forward paddling style which is the basis of the first two articles . |
| 30 | This is the outcome of the first cooperative effort in France to deal with this period of art history , with contributions from experts from both countries . |