Example sentences of "[conj] be [pron] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Rhos-y-Bol or were you the first there ? |
| 2 | Is the in the input embedded in would you or is it the first phoneme of judge ? |
| 3 | For the first time — or was it the first time ? — she noted that he exuded a certain physical magnetism . |
| 4 | Nor is it the first time that Rupert 's good name has been besmirched . |
| 5 | Clozapine is not the first treatment for schizophrenia to be hailed as a significant advance , nor is it the first to raise ethical dilemmas . |
| 6 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |
| 7 | Marx was not the first to denounce the wretched condition of the working class in capitalist countries , nor was he the first to point out the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth , the workers , were the poorest while those who were apparently useless drones , the capitalists and their associates , were the richest . |
| 8 | And were you the first born ? |