Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 2 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 3 | If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing . |
| 4 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 5 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 6 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 7 | But , in support of the maternal depletion syndrome , perhaps contrary to popular belief , it appears from these data that a baby has better chances of being born alive to a woman in the 40–44 years age group if it is the first than the sixth or a higher order . |
| 8 | A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job . |
| 9 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 10 | If it 's , if it 's the first Thursday . |
| 11 | If it 's the first one you pick up you 've got to have it . |
| 12 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 13 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 14 | Er she 'd got herself reasonably fit again er and then if she 'd car take over the mo the baby you 'd , you 'd get , you 'd train her if she did n't know , if she ha if it was the first baby . |
| 15 | She liked to show them to me about every three months , each time as if it was the first . |
| 16 | In the evening they went walking , hand in hand , as if it were the first love for each of them . |
| 17 | Obviously is neither a scalar nor the component of a four-vector : if it were the first it would remain constant under the Lorentz transformation to S ' if it were the second the change would be linear in γ . |
| 18 | The agreement is something of a coup for the Belgian because it is the first instance of a Japanese computer company marketing Sequelink directly . |
| 19 | While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life . |
| 20 | Osmone ( to give it its official name ) soothes because it is the first thing a newborn baby smells , he says . |
| 21 | example An essay pointing out that Shakespeare 's first sonnet ends with a comma in the first printed edition and arguing that this is because it is the first part of a larger poem including also the second sonnet . |
| 22 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
| 23 | The requirement effect on trade which member states of jurisdiction requirement , it is jurisdictionable because it is the first task that the commissioner of the court should undertake when considering quote from wind surfing get in constant and the concept and agreement which may effect trade is intended to define in the law governing cartels the boundary between the areas , respectively covered by community law and national law , it is not necessary law for the competition effected by the alleged restriction and the trade which is effected between members of states to be the same , an example in the defendants list of authorities it 's in the principal and in that case the restriction of competition arose in relation to a product possible spirits which was itself used to manufacture other products namely cognac , it was argued that the that since there was no trade between members of state and possible spirits there could be no effect upon trade between member of states and so twenty five could not apply , the court accepted that factual premise , there is no trade between member of state and import of spirits , but rejected the legal conclusion , they concluded that is was necessary for there to be an effect upon trade in the market where the restrictions occurred , they was trading another product which was related to possible spirits , and of course stated , it must be observed in that respect that any agreement who 's object to effect is to a strict competition by fixing minimum prices for an intermediate product is capable of effecting intro community trade , even if there is no trading in that intermediate product between members of state , that the product constitutes the raw material of another project marketing elsewhere |
| 24 | Er you 're going to be busy tomorrow because it 's the first day of the conference is n't it . |
| 25 | Good so first one because it 's the first in the sentence that 's an |
| 26 | ‘ Because it 's the first decent break in the weather we 've had . |
| 27 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's something I 'd like very much , and it 's also special because it 's the first time you 've invited me home . |
| 29 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |
| 30 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |