Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [to-vb] [been] the first " in BNC.
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1 | It is said to have been the first large bridge in the country made with a level roadway ( i.e. not rising towards the crown ) . |
2 | Cornford is said to have been the first Englishman to enlist in the International Brigade to fight against Franco . |
3 | His briskness of pace off the pitch became legendary , and he is said to have been the first bowler deliberately to have deployed the seam in his technique . |
4 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |
5 | Drawing the assembled crowds ’ attention to the Norseman 's pedigree , Bob pointed out that it is thought to have been the first aircraft to land on the Normandy beaches during D-Day , the American fighter ace Screwball Beurling was killed in Italy whilst ferrying a Norseman to the Israelis and of course there is the legend that has built up surrounding the mysterious disappearance of bandleader Major Glenn Miller in December 1944 , after taking-off in a Norseman from Twinwoods airfield , near Bedford , England , bound for Paris , never to be seen again . |