Example sentences of "[be] [adj] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you . |
| 2 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 3 | Kelly had another good match , Strachan was superb , Wallace was my Man of the Match , Deane caused them problems all night , McAllister Speed and batty were good the first half , but Speed especially seemed to drop out of the game in the second half . |
| 4 | ‘ If resources were available the first priority would be to appoint a full-time personnel/training officer ’ . |
| 5 | When the Frenchman , Charles Bonnet , was confronted with the argument that if preformation were true the first rabbit would have had to contain 10 10000 preformed embryos , he merely responded by saying that it was always possible , by adding zeros , to crush the imagination under the weight of numbers . |
| 6 | Is that the first part was on last week ? |
| 7 | Am I right in saying then i i is the first thing we need to agree on whether we 're gon na have a staff comment , and a pupil comment on there is tha , is that the first decision ? |
| 8 | And I dream of dying in a great tree … burning … is that the first forest ? ’ |
| 9 | So is that the first time you 've done that new , that song today |
| 10 | Is that the first time you 've done that song ? |
| 11 | Is this the first part of the news or the second |
| 12 | Is this the first half ? |
| 13 | Is this the first run round ? |
| 14 | Is this the first job ever conducted against leeches in the food manufacturing premises ? |
| 15 | ‘ Is this the first time you 've copped one ? ’ he asked . |
| 16 | ‘ Is this the first time ? ’ |
| 17 | Perform well whatever assignments you have , have you noticed the Watchtower that were studying today , we 've all got it with you I think , just turn to page twenty six turn to page twenty two , you 'll see what it 's about , it 's about a brother Roy , who has always advocated sticking close to Jehovah 's organization , guide to organization , give you a life story , and it 's quite interesting reading , and again it 's a test of your alertness , your vigilance , whether or not your spirits be awake or not , is this the first time you 've seen that article ? |
| 18 | It 's likely the first life would be the man . |
| 19 | Consider which will last longer — which will hold its value better — the answer is apparent the first time you step on board the Swan . |
| 20 | Thousands of miles away at Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine U.S.A. , is 144 the first Standard to be preserved . |
| 21 | ‘ I mean , when you were a moral tutor , was that the first line ? |
| 22 | Was that the first hint , no more than a joke really , that they might stay at Wyvis Hall , that they might live there ? |
| 23 | Was this the first signs of a coalition in the making ? |
| 24 | Was this the first signs of narcissism ? |
| 25 | And was this the first sign of the nightmare to come ? |
| 26 | ‘ Was this the first time ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean I was shocked the first time when I went |
| 28 | Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly , |