Example sentences of "[be] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ambergate , Brighouse , Yeadon … the question is , will Bivouac be the first famous band to come from Derby , even though they do n't really come from Derby ? |
| 2 | The UCC 's Office of Communication , which has been an active member of WACC for over 20 years , will be the first religious organisation to receive the award — the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism . |
| 3 | Margaret Iversen 's Alois Riegl : Art History and Theory promises to be the first general introduction to Riegl 's approach to art history , the context of his work and its relevance to contemporary critical thinking ( £22.50 ) . |
| 4 | This 'll be the first New Year we have n't seen in together , just the three of us . ’ |
| 5 | But , whatever the result , he is backing United to be the first Premier League champions . |
| 6 | Ramsay MacDonald , soon to be the first Labour prime minister , was one of its graduates . |
| 7 | The revaluation is currently underway and will be the first comprehensive national revision of valuation lists since 1973 . |
| 8 | This was first proposed in 1974 but when the Environmental Protection Bill becomes law , the UK will be the first European country to put in place a national system of integrated control The importance of IPC is that it aims to treat the environment as it is : an inter-related system where pollutants can be exchanged between air , water and land . |
| 9 | As expected ( UX No 371 ) , Microvitec plc , based in Bradford , West Yorkshire , will be the first European company to ship an AlphaWindows terminal , the MCG3500 , in September . |
| 10 | It also claims to be the first European hotel with a direct connection to Reuter , offering 24 hour updates on world and financial news . |
| 11 | Mr Major leaves tonight for Washington , where he will be the first European leader to meet the president . |
| 12 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 13 | Omar Henry will be the first non-white to play Test cricket for South Africa after the team to face India was announced yesterday . |
| 14 | Portland Group claims the compilers will be the first available for the Fujitsu micro-vector processor-Sparc architecture . |
| 15 | The winning entry will be the first all-correct entry picked out of the bag by Jannine Kaye , Manager of Pickfords Travel , Cheapside , Halifax . |
| 16 | It will be the first official meeting between an Irish president and a British sovereign since Ireland achieved independence from Britain 71 years ago . |
| 17 | The UK visit was reported to be the first official visit by a Vietnamese Foreign Minister since the end of the Vietnam War , and the talks were reported to have been held in an atmosphere of frankness and goodwill , with both sides keen to improve economic and diplomatic links and to co-operate fully on the issue of the repatriation of " boat people " from Hong Kong . |
| 18 | Members of the Brown Trout pub team have launched a fund raising drive to help finance the trip , which will be the first official visit by an adult soccer team . |
| 19 | It will be the first Japanese car-maker to go into business in Eastern Europe . |
| 20 | It will be the first international tribunal of its kind since the main allied powers set up courts at Nuremberg and Tokyo after the Second World War to try leading Axis war criminals . |
| 21 | Wilder will be the first black governor in American history and the union endorsed him believing that he will ensure fairer treatment at the hands of state officials . |
| 22 | ‘ Bilalian ’ replaced ‘ Muslim ’ ( Bilal was an Ethiopian thought to be the first black follower of the prophet Muhammad ) . |
| 23 | The countdown begins:Will this man be the first black Tory MP ? . |
| 24 | Could these be the first tender shoots |
| 25 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 26 | The animated film of the stories will be the first Western cartoon series to appear on Russian television . |
| 27 | Dances with Wolves would be the first western since Cimarron ( 1931 ) to win Best Picture . |
| 28 | It was announced in January 1990 that France would be the first Western country to reopen its embassy in Kabul [ see p. 37184 ] and Italy followed suit in July . |
| 29 | As part of No. 34027 's movement south from the Severn Valley Railway to attend the Bournemouth Open Days on September 12 & 13 , she will work this special charter which will also be the first steam-hauled passenger train south of Eastleigh since the end of steam on the SR . |
| 30 | It would in fact be the first hot meal the Halflings had tasted in three weeks , ever since they said farewell to their kinfolk in the Moot and marched away to join the Emperor 's army . |