Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally your carpets should be the first major purchase in your new home , for it is around this essential item of furnishing that the rest of your interiors should be planned . |
| 2 | This 'll be the first New Year we have n't seen in together , just the three of us . ’ |
| 3 | If it does , it 'll be the first back bench measure for 8 years to reach the statute book . |
| 4 | If she succeeds she 'll be the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll be the first solar company to be a viable business on an international scale , ’ says Shah . |
| 6 | at Gainsborough welcomes to the team , who they believe , could be the first female weighbridge/plant operator in the company . |
| 7 | Mandatory antenatal screening for syphilis could be the first major antenatal intervention against STDs ; full integration of this policy into antenatal care could provide an avenue for research into pertinent questions raised in the recent WHO review and an opportunity to identify women who need evaluation for other STDs . |
| 8 | It could be the first modern private toll road north of the border . |
| 9 | Now plans have emerged for what is thought could be the first British private medical village . |
| 10 | And he said last night : ‘ It could be the first all-ticket tribunal ! |
| 11 | He could be the first Bulgarian import into the British game . |
| 12 | Coun Robinson could be the first civic leader in history to sack the chauffeur and arrive by No 11 bus . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The silver coinage of the late seventh century took over the developing role of gold coin and may be the first true cash in England for commercial transactions . |
| 16 | It also may be the first single to have celebrated the guitarist as icon and as such has been the target of many awful cover versions by people like Michael J Fox , who want to be guitar heroes . |
| 17 | Excessive expenditure is indicative of misuse or other problems and under-spending is equally significant as it may be the first clear sign that cleaning is not being carried out to its proper extent . |
| 18 | At each traffic light as the lights turned green , a mass of cyclists would be the first away , with cars , buses , etc , following on behind . |
| 19 | It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere . |
| 20 | Dances with Wolves would be the first western since Cimarron ( 1931 ) to win Best Picture . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They would be the first free multiparty elections since 1946 . |
| 23 | These would be the first direct elections under the 1976 Constitution to the second and third tiers of government . |
| 24 | If the ostriches were indeed infected with BSE by this route , it would be the first recorded case of the disease being transmitted from cattle to birds [ see Eds passim ] . |
| 25 | This would be the first public acknowledgment of the role of union leaders in a Labour victory . |
| 26 | The company 's spacecraft would be the first commercial communications satellites above the Atlantic that are not owned by Intelsat , the international satellite organisation in which 108 nations have shares . |
| 27 | This would be the first psychological blow . |
| 28 | This will be the first private occasion since the Wales 's separation announcement that the Queen and the princess have appeared together . |
| 29 | The revaluation is currently underway and will be the first comprehensive national revision of valuation lists since 1973 . |
| 30 | 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 . |