Example sentences of "it [vb -s] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It represents the first extinction of a British mammal since the wolf was hunted out in the mid-18th century . |
| 2 | And for my taste it fulfils the first law of festivals — it 's fun . |
| 3 | Together with Caedwalla 's grant of land in Battersea in Surrey , also to the monastery of Barking ( CS 87 : S 1246 ) , it constitutes the first sign of an extension of western Saxon influence north of the Thames and an indication of potential development . |
| 4 | I think it should be remembered that that public support actually was against a requirement of one thousand nine hundred dwellings , which is not quite the proposal being put forward by the County at the moment , but it is clear that there seems to me n not to be any public or great strength of public objection to the sort of proposals that are now before you in this enquiry , and it also seems to me that the reasons behind erm that that public support are essentially because it meets the first requirement of paragraph P P G thirty three , that the alternative expansion of existing towns or villages will represent a less satisfactory method of providing land for new housing that is needed , I think that is the essence of the public support , and so first of I think you can say that that 's that means that first criteria , and certainly it seems to meet the second automatically because it an expression of public preference . |
| 5 | Identifiable links between the Mycenaeans and Egyptians have until now been largely confined to deposits of Mycenaean pottery in Egypt , and sporadic finds of Egyptians objects in Greece.If this papyrus does show Mycenaean warriors fighting alongside Egyptians , perhaps as mercenaries , it provides the first evidence for more direct interaction between these two major Bronze Age cultures of the Mediterranean . |
| 6 | It provides the first example of BSI and NAMAS cooperating on a joint registration . |
| 7 | It boasts the first greens in Portugal constructed to USGA specifications and they are a joy to putt on . |