Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 2 | He was already a canon of Notre-Dame-de-Paris , and was to be given the first vacant prebend at Bordeaux or Bourges by papal provision . |
| 3 | We might be given the first few pages to be going on with , and as we went along more pages would arrive . |
| 4 | Spurred by the competitive market , Intel is thought to be pitching the first P5 boxes at $6,000 : the company has reportedly priced the P5 at around $700 in 1,000 quantities versus the 80486DX which goes for $536 , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 5 | This concept can then be designated the first ‘ unit ’ of that God . |
| 6 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 7 | It has a claim to be considered the first court school of the Middle Ages . |
| 8 | On July 22nd , this summer he 'll be opening the first Sudeley summer festival in the grounds of Sudeley Castle . |
| 9 | AUSTRALIAN David Richards is expected to be named the first full-time chief executive of the International Cricket Council in February . |
| 10 | In January 1993 they will be publishing the first English translation of Alois Riegel 's nineteenth century book on the history of ornament . |
| 11 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 12 | San Diego , California-based Metrosoft claims to be developing the first commercial multitrack MIDI audio software for NeXT workstations : MetroTracks can accommodate up to 32 virtual tracks , eight of which can be mixed simultaneously depending on hardware configuration , is compatible with most third party audio products supported by NeXT , cost starts from $600 and ships in September . |
| 13 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll be leading the first bird-watching tour in just four days . |
| 15 | But I find myself left with what may be called the first main proposition of this book : |
| 16 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 17 | We shall be considering the first three in this Lecture , paying particular attention to the case of a tax on capital income . |
| 18 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 19 | Then after lunch I will be giving the first of our seminars on marketing and salesmanship , with particular reference to leisure services and luxury products , to be followed by a discussion and work in groups . ’ |
| 20 | Wreaking havoc : could Camberley be suffering the first invasion of delinquent teenage toads ? |
| 21 | Other people in the public eye would be reading the first seven , and his grandfather the ninth . |
| 22 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
| 23 | His country may be taking the first steps to a market economy , but on the streets there are remarkably few cars . |
| 24 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 25 | You 'd do we by the time you get in nine o'clock you 're supposed to be re half past nine you 're supposed to be finished the first one . |
| 26 | From May 16 — 29 , however , he will be hosting the first session of amatory writing courses at the European Centre for Holistic Studies on the Greek island of Skyros — very apt for someone preoccupied with sex , death and the Oedipus complex . |
| 27 | Abbreviations , symbols , units and greek letters should be identified the first time they are used . |
| 28 | Poet Software Corp , Santa Clara claims to be showing the first object-oriented database system running under Microsoft Corp 's NT in the shape of Version 2.0 of the company 's Poet object database . |
| 29 | That the Bill shall be laid upon the Table of the House by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office on the next meeting of the House after the day on which the Bill has been presented and , when so laid , shall be read the first and second time ( and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read ) and , having been amended by the Committee in the last Session , shall be ordered to lie upon the Table . |
| 30 | Christie 's on 15 April will be offering the first part of one of the most famous private armouries ( or Gewehrkammer ) to remain in Germany . |