Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historic award was the first fatal accident claim to be started after the MoD lost its immunity from law suits in 1987 . |
| 2 | It is believed the open-entry course is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | In the event , the treaties easily overcame this potential baptism of fire ; in fact , the French Parliament was the first to approve ratification . |
| 4 | This trial is the first to prospectively follow elemental diet or prednisolone induced remission in adult patients over a period of a year . |
| 5 | This case is the first of the modern Court of Appeal authorities to which I referred at the beginning of this judgment . |
| 6 | This route is the first of this level which is higher than 10 metres and takes longer than one minute to climb . |
| 7 | This building was the first great Byzantine church in Russia and it set the pattern for innumerable smaller churches . |
| 8 | This study is the first to provide data on lifestyle from a large sample of adults with cystic fibrosis outside a major clinic : although inevitably influenced by survival effects , the survey shows that a substantial proportion of patients with cystic fibrosis now live fulfilling and productive lives well into adulthood . |
| 9 | This study is the first to report the prevalence of oesophageal mucosal disease in unselected asthmatics . |
| 10 | This study is the first to show the presence of functionsl hyposplenism in alcoholic liver disease and provides further evidence of the predisposition that these patients have to infection . |
| 11 | This study is the first to suggest non-parallel enzyme synthesis in man . |
| 12 | However , this study is the first to show just how much of the national resource of a particular type of wildlife habitat has been affected by acid rain . " |
| 13 | This demonstration was the first independent action on the part of a teachers ' association ; previously , they had been government controlled . |
| 14 | This chapter is the first of two devoted to providing background essential to an informed assessment of the Reagan presidency . |
| 15 | This recognition is the first child of Rachel and a function of reason , known by the mystics as the state of discretion . |
| 16 | This result is the first , albeit indirect , observation of gravitational radiation . |
| 17 | er and Chairman I must say that as to request from County Council at Molds and County Council at Harson , from the Ipswich Borough Council for their copies of the plans which you have not yet received , I have to decline the protocol it takes that this committee is the first to see the county surveyor 's proposals , and I ca n't give any other elected member within Suffolk prior treatment over that to be quite honest . |
| 18 | Baron von Richthofen in Sterling silver plated English pewter is the first in a new series of 12 figures entitled Heroes of Aviation from Anthony Slocombe . |
| 19 | This child was the first human , strung between two worlds — born of a prince and a sky goddess . |
| 20 | This issue is the first in a series of occasional special issues which incorporate a supplement devoted to longer feature articles and commentaries . |
| 21 | This council was the first to summon lay representatives : proctors arrived on behalf of Frederick II of Sicily , the emperor of Constantinople and the kings of France , England , Hungary , Jerusalem , Cyprus and Aragon . |
| 22 | But this sector was the first to feel the heat of intense competition and spiralling development costs . |
| 23 | Raimat Chardonnay Brut £8.09 The colour of old gold and straw , this wine is the first Cava to be made from Chardonnay grapes . |
| 24 | This article is the first sustained work published on Leapor and some of its bibliographical observations are of great value . |
| 25 | To the Northumbrian army they must appear as three arrowheads with a thousand barbs each , roofed and armoured on either side by the heavy , scaled ranks of their shields ; the risky moment was the first , when they made impact . |
| 26 | This group is the first to rise up in indignation and shout ‘ witch-hunt ’ and ‘ persecution ’ whenever Christians condemn the occult . |
| 27 | It is now generally accepted that this meeting was the first step on the unpremeditated road which led to the establishment of the London Veterinary College . |
| 28 | This meeting was the first direct contact between the two countries since their acceptance of the August 1988 ceasefire agreement [ see pp. 35600 ; 36167 ; 36171 ] , although the Iraqi side had in April and May 1990 proposed the holding of a summit meeting in Mecca , Saudi Arabia . |
| 29 | Her move three miles up river to Old Town was the first step in a gradual journey into the district of Okoyong and away from European settlement on the coast . |
| 30 | The Gloucester and Sharpness inland waterway was the first ship canal in the world . |