Example sentences of "[pron] be the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first living contact to consult , Coffin thought , lying back in his hard bed under Mrs Lorimer 's roof . |
| 2 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 3 | I am the first human being he has seen since he was posted to this backwater . |
| 4 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me they had auditioned a lot of people back home and that they had five names in America that they were auditioning , and I was the first that day . |
| 6 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ An American , Harry Hebner , was the first man to use it in major competition when he won a gold medal in the 1912 Olympics , and I was the first British title holder . |
| 8 | His was the first correct solution selected and he knew the Premier League teams who have not played in European competitions are Crystal Palace , Wimbledon , Oldham , Norwich , Sheffield United , Middlesbrough and Blackburn . |
| 9 | His was the first correct solution selected and he knew that Berlin ( 1916 ) , Tokyo then Helsinki ( 1940 ) and London ( 1944 ) were the VIth , XIIth and XIIIth Olympiads . |
| 10 | His was the first reported execution in several months for an offence related to the ‘ counter-revolutionary rebellion ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It is a species which will ever live in my memory , from its being the first large petrel I saw after crossing the line , and from a somewhat curious incident that then occurred . |
| 12 | A new literacy and cheap newsprint spawned the monster newspapers which were the first cultural artifact of mass society . |
| 13 | Mr Millan is speaking at a lunch to be held at the SAS Royal Hotel in Brussels to celebrate the new venture , which is the first official joint undertaking of the two law societies [ which represent solicitors in their two jurisdictions ] . |
| 14 | They do so at their peril , which is the first major tenet of this exciting thriller , which resurrects some favourite old ploys not least the shower curtain , the body in a cupboard , and the inability to escape . |
| 15 | This is the ‘ truest cause ’ of Thuc. i.23 , a famous and deeply original statement which is the first conscious attempt to develop a theory of historical causation : ‘ The truest cause ’ , he says , ‘ was one not much admitted at the time : it was the growth of Athenian power , which frightened the Spartans and forced them to war . |
| 16 | Xerox Corporation 's page description language which was the first such product to be implemented . |
| 17 | The primary services — family doctors , dentists , pharmacists — are very much the front line of health care and in 1986 we published a Green Paper which was the first comprehensive review of the services for forty years . |
| 18 | The first was the introduction of the Apple Macintosh which was the first personal computer to be based entirely on a graphical interface as opposed to the more conventional character-at-a-time systems . |
| 19 | In the early days it was water , in the form of the " endless ocean to the west " , which was the first major obstacle for continental European explorers . |
| 20 | This came into being when the very first change in the first cell took place , and that change , which was the first biochemical action , ultimately proved to have been , or must be acknowledged to have been , taken to initiate the process which would continue indefinitely to produce a living being with an ever-increasing capacity to enjoy life . |
| 21 | Allied ( draught brands include Ansells , Benskins , Double Diamond , Ind Coope , Taylor Walker and Tetley ) are particularly strong in the light , pale and export ales market ( its strongest brand is Long Life , which was the first canned beer on the market and is currently leader in the export segment , but it also produces Skol and Arctic Lite ) . |
| 22 | The borough council already looks after the eastern end of the ruined priory which was the first Augustinian monastery . |
| 23 | ‘ S-Sugar , the famous veteran Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command , which was the first heavy bomber to complete one hundred war flights , is unlikely to fly again on operations . |
| 24 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
| 25 | Then all you have to do to win this exclusive guitar is to answer the following six questions and , if you 're the first correct entry out of the hat , this incredible instrument is yours . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're the first honest girl I 've met . |
| 27 | You 're the first non-Jewish girl I 've ever said more than ‘ Nice day ’ to . |
| 28 | One group of male workers merits special attention : the cotton spinners , who were the first real group of factory workers . |
| 29 | ‘ So , the Luger 's a German gun — and who were the first major users of chemical weapons on this planet ? |
| 30 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |