Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
| 2 | Total amount missing is close on fifteen grand and yours is the first to turn up . ’ |
| 3 | As a Celtic expert writes in the show 's catalogue , ‘ Theirs is the first , the oldest , the greatest and the most illuminating ornamental art that Europe has ever known . ’ |
| 4 | She is the first to admit that she was bitten by the Puppy Love bug from quite an early age — which stood her in good stead when it came to dealing with the opposite sex in later years . |
| 5 | Goldsmith talks with some conviction , but she is the first to admit that she is a phoney . |
| 6 | She is the first woman to hold this post . |
| 7 | The baby soon learns that her presence is necessary for the satisfaction of its needs and she is the first individual " other " whom the infant recognises . |
| 8 | TURN the page of the calendar , and before you is the first weekend of April . |
| 9 | So the report before you is the first real annual report on Equal Opportunities Inter County Council , so you 've got all the relevant statistics and in that sense it compliments the previous report that you 've just examined . |
| 10 | For drama school it is the first taste of things to come and on the whole a good thing . |
| 11 | If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing . |
| 12 | It is the first duty of any coach arriving at a competition to get hold of a current draw sheet , identify the areas on which his entries will be competing and confirm the timetable . |
| 13 | Crime and Punishment takes its place in a perfectly obvious and open fashion among the international classics of naturalism ( or realism ) , and it is the first of his novels to do so : the earlier and great book The House of the Dead walks so close beside personal history as to rule itself out in this connection ; formally it is a freak , so I argued , a quasi-novel ; and as regards fact and fiction , since he is recounting not ‘ prophesying events ’ , Dostoevsky can not have found much in the Dead House to get excited about . |
| 14 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 15 | Adapted from Russell 's 1978 stageplay , Stags And Hens , about a stag-night and a hen-party which converge at the same venue , it is the first BBC-funded film ever to receive a full cinematic release ( next Spring ) before its television broadcast ( September 1991 ) . |
| 16 | It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site . |
| 17 | It is the first time the inspectorate has taken the board to court for an alleged lapse of safety . |
| 18 | But it is the first possible answer that presents the immediate worry . |
| 19 | This momentous decision — it is the first time a former Greek prime minister has been indicted by parliament — was complemented by measures the left coalition in particular regards as vital to prevent abuse of power by single-party governments in future . |
| 20 | It is the first time aviation experts and the rescue services have held a joint conference on the importance of working together . |
| 21 | It is the first Marxist book in which anthropological data predominate . |
| 22 | It is the first and second parts which follow Morgan most closely . |
| 23 | It is the first pull of the day so we all know what to expect . |
| 24 | It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report . |
| 25 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 26 | Mr Prokhorov said that the answer to the contradiction between political renewal and economic crisis lay in Marxism , which ‘ teaches us that the superstructure is more mobile than the base , and that it is the first to react to a change of conditions . ’ |
| 27 | It is the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978 . |
| 28 | It is the first time troops have been brought in during a dispute since 1978 . |
| 29 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 30 | It is the first time the industry has been able to purchase cover for long-term environmental damage although it does buy insurance against sudden pollution incidents or claims from disasters such as explosions . |