Example sentences of "[be] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are not the first English person to have admired Maria 's cooking . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You know , surfers are probably the first human beings to travel around peacefully , not to conquer . |
| 3 | In any case , whatever machines are at my disposal , the simple movable table on which I am leaning in the photograph will still be where the first hand-written draft is composed . |
| 4 | Calvinist Ghent in the 1570s , Paris under the domination of the Catholic League were perhaps the first sustained exercises in popular power in the modern period , and even they did not last long . |
| 5 | I may venture to add Jerry and I were probably the first Scottish kids to hear this coming over the air . |
| 6 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 7 | He is not the first Federal Reserve chairman to visit Moscow , but never can one have been paid as much attention . |
| 8 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 9 | The Hall of Fame is not the first international honour awarded to Professor Solomons . |
| 10 | The quiteron is not the first superconducting device that engineers have considered for chips . |
| 11 | However , the Abu Dhabi office is not the first overseas-based venture for J&F Johnston . |
| 12 | The Deloitte fiasco is not the first big eight merger to fall apart and these ridiculous posturings must leave the clients , who are supposedly served by their auditors , completely baffled . |
| 13 | Hannah Glasse 's book , The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy was first published in 1747 in the 1751 edition appears what is possibly the first English printed recipe for an ice cream . |
| 14 | We have clear descriptions of Charles from his chroniclers and contemporaries ; he is probably the first powerful figure to emerge from the Dark Ages as a completely documented ruler . |
| 15 | Okay good now this is probably the first real go at doing pie charts that you 've had is n't it ? |
| 16 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 17 | There is a small spine-like papilla lying within the mouth slit which is probably the first oral tentacle scale . |
| 18 | This is again a comprehensive and thoroughly investigated article and is probably the first extended account of Situationist cinema in English . |
| 19 | ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody . |
| 20 | It is notably the first post-Roman coin hoard in England and may in itself signify a change in the economy . |
| 21 | The Vogue LSE is also the first off-road vehicle to be fitted with electronic traction control ( ETC ) . |
| 22 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 23 | Morrison is n't the first African-American author to become enamoured with ‘ the sound ’ . |
| 24 | Yeah it is n't the first correct one out , they 've all got shout if you like . |
| 25 | I offer the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) my heartfelt thanks for giving what is almost the first straight answer that I have ever extracted from him . |
| 26 | That , more or less , is how the First Spiritualist Church experienced its last and greatest schism . |
| 27 | This is why the first Christian believers were able to proclaim the good news about Jesus so fearlessly . |
| 28 | He was merely the first famous one . |
| 29 | The Commission 's action against Dennis Levine was perhaps the first major success . |
| 30 | We know that Champagne was not the first sparkling wine : references in the Bible like ‘ wine … when it moveth itself ’ ( Proverbs 23:31 ) and ‘ Neither do men put new wine into old bottles ; else the bottles break ’ ( Matthew 9:17 ) confirm the existence of sparkling wine long before viticulture was even introduced to the Champagne region . |