Example sentences of "it be the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercer , who will have the jaw wired to-morrow , said : ‘ It 's the first serious injury I 've had and I 've never felt as flat as this . |
| 2 | According to his file , it 's the first adverse report he 's had . |
| 3 | It 's the first major plastic slope in the country , and is on the site of ski area that used to offer reliable snowcover until the greenhouse effect got to work . |
| 4 | It 's the first major project . |
| 5 | ‘ Because it 's the first decent break in the weather we 've had . |
| 6 | Now admittedly it 's an increase of two thousand out of about half a million so one is n't sort of er er getting over excited about it but nevertheless it 's the first upward number which we 've had . |
| 7 | It 's the first real test of political opinion since the General Election . |
| 8 | It is the first practical way of introducing ‘ road pricing , ’ a concept recommended by a committee under the late Professor Reuben Smeed nearly 20 years ago . |
| 9 | It is the first professional world title to be contested in Moscow , and will be co-promoted by the Spaniard Enrique Soria . |
| 10 | It is the first professional world title to be contested in Moscow , and will be co-promoted by the Spaniard Enrique Soria . |
| 11 | It is the first major development at the school since it first opened in 1957 . |
| 12 | It is the first major craft exhibition that South East Arts , your regional arts association , has organized . |
| 13 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
| 14 | It is the first major outbreak for many years . |
| 15 | Adapted from Russell 's 1978 stageplay , Stags And Hens , about a stag-night and a hen-party which converge at the same venue , it is the first BBC-funded film ever to receive a full cinematic release ( next Spring ) before its television broadcast ( September 1991 ) . |
| 16 | It is the first small step towards growing crops in space to make long spaceflights self-sufficient in food . |
| 17 | It is the first joint product venture undertaken by the two exchanges in the lead up to merger . |
| 18 | It is the first new product to be launched under the Penguin name since the biscuits appeared in the 1950s . |
| 19 | If the second edition of a book contains revision material , it is the first revised edition . |
| 20 | But it is the first possible answer that presents the immediate worry . |
| 21 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
| 22 | It is the first mild day of March : |
| 23 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |
| 24 | It is the first established specialist journal in this subject , and 1989 sees its eighty-first year . |
| 25 | It is the first international agreement of its kind . |
| 26 | He had women not only in his church choir ( it is the first known instance ) but also in too close association with the life and pastoral work of the clergy . |
| 27 | Called Magellan Passport , it is the first cell-based product in the Canadian 's Magellan networking range and can handle both cell and frame switching . |
| 28 | And the fact that it is the first true country club in the area . |
| 29 | It is the first Marxist book in which anthropological data predominate . |
| 30 | Just off the Kurfurstendam , it is the first British project to come out of the ground in the city . |