Example sentences of "and [pron] be [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may venture to add Jerry and I were probably the first Scottish kids to hear this coming over the air . |
| 2 | The Story of the Fraserburgh Lifeboats takes a similar look at the Fraserburgh lifeboat station , which had one of the first lifeboats to be built and which was also the first RNLI lifeboat station in Scotland . |
| 3 | It 's always the first tree to leaf and it 's also the first one to shed its leaves in the area and all the neighbouring horse chestnut trees , which presumably we did n't tamper with have stayed prolific . |
| 4 | This is the first study from the United Kingdom to examine the cost of maintaining patients on long term sclerotherapy , and it is also the first to compare this with a surgical procedure in such patients . |
| 5 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 6 | Tooth enamel is the most highly mineralized part of the skeleton , and it is therefore the first part to be affected by acidity in the predator 's stomach . |
| 7 | … and it was definitely the first time she 'd become aware of one person in that audience , one watching pair of eyes … |