Example sentences of "[be] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For what it 's worth , I *think* we 're the first automatic listserv list for a British football club . |
| 32 | They 're the first British team to enter the unusual drive from Paris to the Arctic circle . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Ambergate , Brighouse , Yeadon … the question is , will Bivouac be the first famous band to come from Derby , even though they do n't really come from Derby ? |
| 35 | The UCC 's Office of Communication , which has been an active member of WACC for over 20 years , will be the first religious organisation to receive the award — the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism . |
| 36 | Margaret Iversen 's Alois Riegl : Art History and Theory promises to be the first general introduction to Riegl 's approach to art history , the context of his work and its relevance to contemporary critical thinking ( £22.50 ) . |
| 37 | This 'll be the first New Year we have n't seen in together , just the three of us . ’ |
| 38 | It will be the first such treaty since 1766 . |
| 39 | The international tribunal will be the first such court since the United States , Britain , Russia and France set up a military tribunal at Nuremberg in 1945 to try Nazi criminals . |
| 40 | It is thought to be the first such venture . |
| 41 | This is thought to be the first such judgment on a privatised water company . |
| 42 | The synchrotron at the centre , called the advanced light source , will be the first such device designed for use with what are called wigglers and undulators . |
| 43 | But , whatever the result , he is backing United to be the first Premier League champions . |
| 44 | As expected ( UX No 371 ) , Microvitec plc , based in Bradford , West Yorkshire , will be the first European company to ship an AlphaWindows terminal , the MCG3500 , in September . |
| 45 | It also claims to be the first European hotel with a direct connection to Reuter , offering 24 hour updates on world and financial news . |
| 46 | This was first proposed in 1974 but when the Environmental Protection Bill becomes law , the UK will be the first European country to put in place a national system of integrated control The importance of IPC is that it aims to treat the environment as it is : an inter-related system where pollutants can be exchanged between air , water and land . |
| 47 | Mr Major leaves tonight for Washington , where he will be the first European leader to meet the president . |
| 48 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 49 | This house and Palazzo Durini ( see page 126 ) are believed to be the first two town houses to have been built in the city after the population had been decimated by plague in 1630 , when , it was thought , as many as 70,000 Milanese died . |
| 50 | The winning entry will be the first all-correct entry picked out of the bag by Jannine Kaye , Manager of Pickfords Travel , Cheapside , Halifax . |
| 51 | It will be the first official meeting between an Irish president and a British sovereign since Ireland achieved independence from Britain 71 years ago . |
| 52 | The UK visit was reported to be the first official visit by a Vietnamese Foreign Minister since the end of the Vietnam War , and the talks were reported to have been held in an atmosphere of frankness and goodwill , with both sides keen to improve economic and diplomatic links and to co-operate fully on the issue of the repatriation of " boat people " from Hong Kong . |
| 53 | Members of the Brown Trout pub team have launched a fund raising drive to help finance the trip , which will be the first official visit by an adult soccer team . |
| 54 | It will be the first Japanese car-maker to go into business in Eastern Europe . |
| 55 | It will be the first international tribunal of its kind since the main allied powers set up courts at Nuremberg and Tokyo after the Second World War to try leading Axis war criminals . |
| 56 | ‘ Bilalian ’ replaced ‘ Muslim ’ ( Bilal was an Ethiopian thought to be the first black follower of the prophet Muhammad ) . |
| 57 | Wilder will be the first black governor in American history and the union endorsed him believing that he will ensure fairer treatment at the hands of state officials . |
| 58 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 59 | It was announced in January 1990 that France would be the first Western country to reopen its embassy in Kabul [ see p. 37184 ] and Italy followed suit in July . |
| 60 | The animated film of the stories will be the first Western cartoon series to appear on Russian television . |