Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of Wordsworth 's poems are attempts to show how we associate ideas ( see ‘ Hartley ’ , p. 80 ) , and he often points out how the second idea — ‘ the echo of the voice ’ in this case — is blended with the first idea on which our conscious attention is fixed — ‘ my eye / Was fixed upon the glowing Sky ’ . |
| 2 | The North Atlantic deep-sea ophiuroid fauna , comprising of approximately 120 species , is revised for the first time . |
| 3 | If do is used in the non-past , the infinitive 's event is situated in the first moment of the non-past time-sphere : ( 2 ) She does own a Porsche . |
| 4 | Americans regard the contingent fee system as a better substitute for legal aid , and in many cases it is , but it does encourage meritless suits , since — and this is the third problem — even if a frivolous case is dismissed on the first day in court , the defendant is still liable for his costs . |
| 5 | Bedford Park is regarded as the first Garden Suburb in England , and thus has an international importance , while Shaw is one of the most important architects of the Victorian period , best known as the designer of the old New Scotland Yard building on the London Embankment . |
| 6 | Ivan 's son Djuradj is honoured as the first man to introduce a printing press into the Balkans . |
| 7 | The whole of Ramsay 's Edinburgh-Rome-London career is examined for the first time , with over one hundred exhibits , including many of his fine drawings . |
| 8 | It is given to the first child , through no fault of its own , to disrupt what has been an exclusive , reciprocal relationship as no subsequent child has power to do . |
| 9 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 10 | More detail is given for the first part on document preparation systems as this has been developed into the HyperCard system described below . |
| 11 | There is a restriction on the allowance for the car if it costs more than £12,000 , and only 25 per cent writing down allowance is given in the first year . |
| 12 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 13 | This curvature is contained in the first quarter of the wing so that the centre of lift is also well forward while the stabilising reflex on the underside provides a down force at the trailing edge . |
| 14 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 15 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 16 | Although it is scattered throughout the idealised version , in the original version it is confined to the first half of the story . |
| 17 | It is considered of the first importance that young persons should receive correct and permanent impressions on this subject and to assist in securing that object it is intended to exhibit a model of a SLAVE SHIP which was recently captured upon the coast of Africa . |
| 18 | Not only does the house contain one of the most interesting ‘ collections of collections ’ , but it is surrounded by the first pleasure garden to be run entirely organically in the National Trust . |
| 19 | With a native version of Novell Inc NetWare due on Sparc next year ( UX No 423 ) , Banyan Systems Inc 's rival Vines network operating system is now being ported to the Sun RISC and is expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 20 | The Accommodation Service is located on the first floor of the Tower Building . |
| 21 | Swedish certainties David Platt and Paul Parker return after missing the win over France , while John Barnes is included for the first time this season . |
| 22 | The curriculum includes courses on Building Technology , Urban Design , Building Economics and Building Contracts ; a dissertation on a topic of architectural history or theory is included in the first year . |
| 23 | The gallery is approached from the first floor . |
| 24 | Now a tiny amount of RNA itself is dropped into the first test-tube . |
| 25 | Availability is pegged for the first quarter . |
| 26 | The ideas and attitudes expressed by the social problem film … do not derive simply from the focus of their subject matter but also from their deployment of certain types of conventions ( in accordance with what an audience ‘ accustomed to the cinema ’ expects ) which , then , inevitably structure and constrain the way in which that subject matter is presented in the first place . |
| 27 | Contact is made in the first instance with the manager nominated by the vendor 's representative . |
| 28 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page . |
| 29 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page ; |
| 30 | When a page is called up , the cursor is positioned in the first input field on the page , ie. where information may be entered . |