Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 2 | And if I think you were to read the first two pages of his autobiography , there 's a dedicatory verse on another page , I ca n't help feeling that you will agree with me that , in a , there 's something embarrassing about them . |
| 3 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 4 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 5 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |