Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annabelle , for you this is a first marriage and a time of excitement and hope . |
| 2 | Steven , for you this is a first marriage and a time of expectation and hope . |
| 3 | He said , as this is a first offence you will not be sent down , instead , I fine you ten pounds for having a girl on the premises . |
| 4 | This is a first period of courtship if you like . |
| 5 | ‘ I have every reason to believe that this is a first rate study ’ , says , AIDS director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) . |
| 6 | Genetic Engineering : This is a first attempt to legislate in this area , currently dealt with by voluntary codes of practice , because science has been moving quicker than the law makers . |
| 7 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 8 | This is a first class hotel of distinction which is very centrally situated close to the bustling Via Veneto and the famed Spanish Steps . |
| 9 | Covering the whole period from the 1790s to 1815 , this is a first class reference on a hard-to-find subject , and highly recommended . |
| 10 | Yesterday Coun Fishwick said : ‘ This is a first class idea for Darlington and I hope it 's going to turn into an annual event . ’ |
| 11 | This is the first end-user application of the Fulcrum code . |
| 12 | This is the first word . ’ |
| 13 | Donita attributed it directly to the feminist line : ‘ Because this is the first generation that 's grown up with the women 's revolution . |
| 14 | This is the first opportunity to express explicitly an advisory , demonstration-type role . |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first opportunity I 've had to get away from Josh and the director . |
| 16 | Numerous questions have been asked in the House about the police national computer , but to my knowledge this is the first opportunity we have had in recent times to discuss wider issues . |
| 17 | For most young people this is the first opportunity to see a painting from one of the country 's national collections . |
| 18 | However , erm this is the first chance I 've had to speak today so I ca n't take all the blame of the er , of the , of the late start , erm I do n't know whether it would make it any easier to the my colleagues on my right or my left erm to accept the Liberal resolution . |
| 19 | Lots of girls but this is the first boy . ’ |
| 20 | The first leg is in the third race , the eight o'clock , this is the first quarter final . |
| 21 | Well , this is the first question okay ? |
| 22 | This is the first event organised by Network Craigavon and was a co-operative effort by members of the different groups that make up the Network . |
| 23 | This is the first reference to what was to become A Squadron , commanded by Paddy Mayne . |
| 24 | ‘ This is the first afternoon aff I 've had in five weeks , ’ Andy accepted the cigarette and lit it . |
| 25 | However , this is the first scheme in Argentina which involves equity stakes in privatisations . |
| 26 | If this is the first plan to be drawn up , this will probably be sufficient matter for one meeting ; in subsequent years it will be possible to proceed more quickly . |
| 27 | We are only just realising that this is the first calling from which all else must flow . |
| 28 | Now this is the first weekend Kate we 'd really a good weekend you know I 've worked and worked and last weekend I could do nothing . |
| 29 | Going from there to , and that 's a sort of history of where things have happened over the previous four mon four months , to expectations about output this is the first survey since the recession began in which all regions , mainland regions of the U K say that they expect output to increase over the coming four months . |
| 30 | The other thing on that sort of erm side is that this is the first survey which we 've had since we started doing the survey in nineteen eighty eight when the first numbers were compiled , it 's the first survey which we 've had where the majority of regions ' manufacturers say that their unit costs have already fallen , erm we have n't seen that before , so the majority of regions said that the costs had fallen . |