Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Today the Fothergill Fountain can be seen regaling the first president 's achievements .
2 The feature close would have the value + for , , , , and we could also use this for and if we adopt the convention that most of the features will be used to classify the first part of the diphthongs .
3 The second page will then be displayed showing the first mail message you selected .
4 The second page of the option will then be displayed showing the first page of the first mail message in the list .
5 In 1994/5 the band will be widened to cover the first £3,000 .
6 In this case , ‘ some power of R ’ must be taken to include the first power of R , i.e. R itself .
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