Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to avoid the last period on the second Friday in October , which is when the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist celebrates ‘ the rich goodness of God 's vegetables ’ . |
| 2 | There is a small spine-like papilla lying within the mouth slit which is probably the first oral tentacle scale . |
| 3 | It 's one of seventy which is supposedly the first one they 've got |
| 4 | The sequence begins ( as with Hegel ) with the establishment of the first object relation , which is therefore the first stage towards eventual self-consciousnesses . |
| 5 | Less surprisingly , she is also the first Green . |
| 6 | POOR Isabelle Duchesnay … she is not the first woman to discover that the man she married skater Chris Dean was more in love with his work than her . |
| 7 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 8 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 9 | But it is not the first case where an Australasian entrepreneur , hailed as a hero when things are going well , has found himself brought to earth with an ignominious bump when the going gets tough . |
| 10 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 11 | It is not the first time that NASA has had trouble with the upper stage . |
| 12 | IT IS NOT THE FIRST time the American cinema has dealt with the assassination of President John Kennedy but the research involved in , and the detail of JFK ( 15 , Empire ) , make it extraordinary — as do the direction and the playing of a cast led by Kevin Costner . |
| 13 | It is not the first occasion that I have had to accept the disappointment of missing an international . |
| 14 | It is not the first time the 49-year-old premier 's health has been threatened by his demanding schedule . |
| 15 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
| 16 | It is not the first time that Chamonix officials have decided youth and mountains do not mix . |
| 17 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 18 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 19 | Is the Home Secretary aware that his decision of 2 May put that Zairean teacher in an extremely dangerous and vulnerable position , and that it is not the first time that his Department has deported people in the face of a court decision that they should remain in this country ? |
| 20 | It is not the first time that her family have worked at Glenpatrick as both her father and two of her aunts have also done so . |
| 21 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is not the first time , and it wo n't be the last , ’ he laughed . |
| 23 | It is not the first time Irish players have had to endure bitter disappointment . |
| 24 | It is not the first time the council has been at the centre of a disagreement over charges for collection of waste . |
| 25 | It is not the first Chair that Mike has made . |
| 26 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
| 27 | It is not the first piece of mouldering ammunition discovered on the site made famous and earmarked for redevelopment by former premier Margaret Thatcher 's ‘ Wilderness Walk ’ there . |
| 28 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
| 29 | It is notably the first post-Roman coin hoard in England and may in itself signify a change in the economy . |
| 30 | It is nevertheless the first part of your home that you and your visitors step into . |