Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
6 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
9 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
10 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
11 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
12 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |
13 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
14 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
15 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
16 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
17 | ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’ |
18 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
19 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
20 | The economics ministry has kept mum about why it made its decision so abruptly , but most in the industry assume it is a first step towards rejoining an international quota system . |
21 | Also note who is the first player to congratulate any scorer — and look extremely chuffed … |
22 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
23 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
24 | Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house . |
25 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
26 | Privatizing what is the first thing the government do to make B R more attractive to the private sector ? |
27 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
28 | Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort . |
29 | Microport thinks it is the first Unix Labs licensee to make the compiler available in shrinkwrapped form . |
30 | Microport thinks it is the first USL licensee to make the compiler available in shrinkwrapped form . |