Example sentences of "have be [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixteen houses have been completed in the first phase of a re-development scheme which will eventually remove all the 1960s-built flats . |
| 2 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 3 | British firms have been struggling with the first of these for the past 18 months , and for the past six or so have also suffered from the second . |
| 4 | The Census Dissemination Unit and the Census Microdata Unit have been funded in the first instance for five years . |
| 5 | More than 55 females , from babies to elderly women , have been killed during the first year of the Uprising ; shot dead with live ammunition , rubber and plastic bullets ; suffocated with tear gas and some have been beaten to death . |
| 6 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 7 | Confirmation classes have been televised for the first time in Estonia . |
| 8 | Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained . |
| 9 | Education and training for members have been identified as the first priority . |
| 10 | Characters have been copied from the first field to the second , until a word mark ( here in the source field ) is encountered . |
| 11 | Regarding the lower levels , it now seems that the first-century building was an elaborate Roman house richly decorated with stuccoes and fresco , the remains of which have been published for the first time . |
| 12 | All costs are expressed in 1989/90 prices , and where costs have been incurred beyond the first year , then the Treasury 's recommended discount rate of 6% has been applied to obtain a present value estimate . |
| 13 | Areas of bright stucco work have been found over the first layer of tempera . |
| 14 | Most confessions at the police holding centres have been signed during the first two days of custody . |
| 15 | Surprisingly , less than 500 people have been arrested in the first 24 hours of the riots . |
| 16 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
| 17 | Merseyside duo Jamie Cassidy ( Liverpool ) and David Thompson ( Wirral ) have been picked for the first England boys under 15s national trial at the Lilleshall Sports Centre next weekend . |
| 18 | This is primarily due to process integration — eg filtration and drying have been combined for the first time in the Pergascript operation . |
| 19 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation 's recommendations have been combined in a first proposal for a European Table of Frequency Allocations which aims to standardise the use of frequencies across CEPT countries where possible . |
| 20 | The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy . |