Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 2 | But Lightbody must surely be the first not to get a senior trial in his year as Irish singles champion . |
| 3 | Silvikrin may not be the first to introduce a two-in-one shampoo and conditioner , but they have certainly made it worth the wait . |
| 4 | Tandem may not be the first commercial box-shifter out with a Chorus-based system , though it may yet find itself in a race to be first to deliver in volume . |
| 5 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
| 6 | It might not be the first occurrence , she realised . |
| 7 | It is perfectly clear that , while the defence of this country is the first priority of the present Government , it might not be the first priority of the Opposition if they were to make the defence cuts to which they have committed themselves . |
| 8 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's only one conclusion we can reach , Master Coroner — Sir Ralph might not be the first person to die in the Tower before Yuletide comes . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 'll not be the first man I 've seen after he 's tried to fill up a car with a lighted cigarette in his mouth — nor the last . |
| 11 | There was another small silence which Clarissa found she could not be the first to break . |
| 12 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 13 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 14 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 15 | Not only would our livelihood be at stake if there was a shutdown but we 'd also be the first to be irradiated . ’ |
| 16 | Size of the mortgage , that could well be the first point of call is n't it ? |
| 17 | Rupert Murdoch told the annual meeting in Adelaide : ‘ This may well be the first year in some years when our earnings do not show their customary increase . ’ |
| 18 | This may well be the first fusion process used in a reactor , but there can also be fusion between deuterons alone or between deuterons and nuclei of helium-3 . |
| 19 | More fun is to be had with the excitable Katch-22 , who favours the talking-about-himself approach to rap and a wider range of noises , most notably on the sprightly ‘ Service With A Smile ’ , which may well be the first tune ever to contain the line ‘ You paedophile ’ . |
| 20 | The positioning of the boiler may well be the first consideration . |
| 21 | Of course the converse can be said , as several knobbly and bow-legged clerics would humbly be the first to acknowledge . |
| 22 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 23 | Coetzer would not be the first South African Bruno has faced . |
| 24 | It would not be the first to do so , though it would be the biggest . |
| 25 | A Family Division lawyer remarked last night : ‘ The Duke of York would not be the first husband to be enraged by a photograph of a man lying on top of his wife . |
| 26 | It would not be the first or the last time . |
| 27 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 28 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 29 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 30 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |