Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] are the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As new products become available we ensure that you are the first to know about them … and the first to be able to enjoy them . |
| 2 | I understand that we are the first company in the catering industry to gain BS5750/ISO 9001 for franchising . |
| 3 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 4 | Surprisingly this does not conform to Egyptian conventions for depicting Semites or Nubians and their dress suggests that they are the first known representation in Egyptian art of the Mycenaeans , Bronze Age Greeks . |
| 5 | The view of Dmitri Obolensky , a leading authority on the Bogomils , is that they are the first European manifestation of a tradition which extends for over a thousand years from the teachings of Mani in third-century Mesopotamia to the Albigensian heresy , which appeared in southern France in the thirteenth century . |
| 6 | And you are the first person now I ever told it to . |
| 7 | Mr Dharman Wickremaratne , SLEJF 's Chairman , said of the award , ‘ There are nearly 70 organisations worldwide working in the field of environmental journalism and communication , but we are the first to receive the Global 500 Award , ’ |