Example sentences of "[is] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INROADS first Safe Driving Challenge which they believe is the first competition of its kind in Local Authority has been hailed as a great success . |
| 2 | The agreement is something of a coup for the Belgian because it is the first instance of a Japanese computer company marketing Sequelink directly . |
| 3 | HP believes OpenView 3.2 is the first instance of CMIP management under XMP-API . |
| 4 | The scheme 's novelty lies in the fact that it is the first instance of an officially sponsored immigration programme . |
| 5 | Captain Lorenzo is the first member of General Noriega 's inner military circle , known as the Strategic Military Council ( CEM ) , known to have died . |
| 6 | It is the first member of the company 's L-Series SuperSparc line using LSI Logic 's ASIC chipset and Texas Instruments Inc 's 36MHz chip on an EOS-designed PCB layout . |
| 7 | It is the first member of the company 's L-Series SuperSparc line using LSI Logic Corp 's ASIC chip set and Texas Instruments Inc 's 36MHz chip on an EOS-designed circuit board layout . |
| 8 | To our knowledge , atk is the first member of the human src family of oncogenes , which encode intracellular protein tyrosine kinases , to be directly implicated in causing a human genetic disease . |
| 9 | Clovis 's father , Childeric I , is the first member of the Merovingian dynasty to be well attested in the sources , but even he remains a shadowy figure . |
| 10 | Stewart , who 's 32 , and a former care assitant at the school , is the first member of staff to appear in court . |
| 11 | It is the first assessment of the expanded IT Advanced Courses programme . |
| 12 | The unit , which will produce 160 000 t pa , is the first installation of the Mobil/Badger ethylbenzene process to use dilute ethylene as a feedstock . |
| 13 | It is the first painting by the artist to be acquired by the Getty . |
| 14 | England 's change of captaincy since the end of the summer and the make-up of their various winter tour squads suggests a belief a that hard work is the first component in the rehabilitation plan . |
| 15 | We will begin by illustrating the simplest form of melodic construction , where the melody is formed entirely by repetitions of a small rhythmic cell ( Example 11 ) : Example 11 is the first half of the melody , modulating from E minor to G. Notice how the melody , though apparently continuous , falls into four phrases , forming two main sentences . |
| 16 | But more affecting still is the first half of the record , in which he looks back with a wry , but far from dry , eye on his own childhood . |
| 17 | Junior Honours ( 3rd year ) this is the first half of the two-year Honours MA degree programme . |
| 18 | The front foot is the first foot into the training strap . |
| 19 | Why is the first sentence of ( 3 ) grammatical while the second is not ? |
| 20 | It is the first spit of land visible to incoming birds after a considerable sea crossing . |
| 21 | Mr Ciampi , who is 72 , is the first non-parliamentarian to be asked to form a government . |
| 22 | Craobh nan Ubhal ( The Apple Tree ) is the first play to be written and performed in Gaelic , Doric and English . |
| 23 | WILLY Russell 's Educating Rita is the first play from the newly-formed B M Productions and judging from the performance at the Neptune Theatre last night there will be many more . |
| 24 | It is the first level at which human language diverges in principle from the sign systems of other animals . |
| 25 | Becoming critically aware of one 's dilemma in life without God is the first level of understanding necessary in coming to faith . |
| 26 | This awareness of need is the first level of understanding in coming to faith , and if there is any deficiency at this fundamental level , doubt will strike later on . |
| 27 | Thermostat is the first level of safety . |
| 28 | This recognition is the first child of Rachel and a function of reason , known by the mystics as the state of discretion . |
| 29 | His daughter Marlen is the first child in the group to attend secondary school . |
| 30 | ‘ The cloakroom is the first door on the right . ’ |