Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [am/are] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure there are , but I can quite honestly say that you 're the first one I 've been aware of , or who 's made such a marked impression on me after so short an acquaintance . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And er we er ploughed through this until tonight , and er I think I 'm right , Mr returning officer , say that we 're the first Euro constituency in the northwest to get to this stage . |
| 4 | I understand that we are the first company in the catering industry to gain BS5750/ISO 9001 for franchising . |
| 5 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was brilliant and I 'm the first to say it . |
| 9 | ‘ Carmen regards him as a kind of guru and I 'm the first to admit he 's been an invaluable catalyst in her career , but I wish he could talk about something other than medicine . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This was a new award and I 'm the first to get it , ’ said Lee . |
| 11 | And you are the first person now I ever told it to . |
| 12 | ‘ And you 're the first to shout if you have n't got any money . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |
| 14 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
| 15 | Then all you have to do to win this exclusive guitar is to answer the following six questions and , if you 're the first correct entry out of the hat , this incredible instrument is yours . |
| 16 | It 's as if you 're the first person she 's told her secret to in years . |
| 17 | And you had the last show , cos you 're the first looker . |
| 18 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 19 | But you 're the first to confess . ’ |
| 20 | I , I have n't been on but you 're the first people I 've told this to , I have been out with somebody who has been on |
| 21 | But we 're the first major company in Britain , so our is second to none , our experience with the contract is second to none . |
| 22 | 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 , ’ |
| 23 | But they 're the first people in the country to benefit from a revolutionary kind of wheelchair ; the Sapphire . |
| 24 | It 's happening principally with the small and medium size businesses because they 're the first to suffer . |