Example sentences of "because he [be] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
| 2 | He is an isolated figure in the Government because he is the first Minister whom I have heard speak highly of the work of the Cambridge school . |
| 3 | The Akhenaten is interesting because he was the first Ayatollah of history as far as we know . |
| 4 | Bill will always hold a unique place in the Palace annals because he was the first player from the club to gain international honours , when he was selected for Wales to meet Scotland at Dundee on 7 March 1908 ( 1–2 ) . |
| 5 | Darryl Davidson of Gregson Road , Hoghton , Preston wins a VIP day out for a party of four people on the East Lancashire Railway because he was the first entry selected at random with the four correct answers to our quiz based on the North West line . |