Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents thought my marriage was the first sensible thing I 'd ever done . |
| 2 | My name was the first to go on the Dux board in the school hall of the brand-new , glass-walled building only just completed the year before . |
| 3 | My wife was the first to notice it : running a bath was n't what it used to be ; no more gush of water , just a diminishing trickle . |
| 4 | I wo n't linger on the shingle flats , for I 'd come to climb , and the route of my choice was the first to be recorded in Wales . |
| 5 | My studio was the first room I did up , I just ripped up the carpet and painted the walls white ! |
| 6 | My generation is the first in Britain that has spent its whole career in politics within the European Community . |
| 7 | Yet women , of my generation were the first to have the chance to refuse burdens that just could n't be borne , to understand that it was possible to refuse them without censure , to realise that if you still could n't have everything , you could at least make some choices about what you could have . |
| 8 | David as a child peoples his neighbourhood with its scenes and characters , including Gamaliel Pickle , Peregrine 's father , Commodore Trunnion , and Tom Pipes ; its story is the first of those he recounts to Steerforth at Salem House , DC 4 , 7 . |
| 9 | Bryant and Bradley were not the first to notice that poor readers were also insensitive to the sounds of words , but their study is the first to establish the causal connection between the two . |
| 10 | Making up her mind is the first stage as this gives her a clear aim and plan . |
| 11 | Their result is the first I look for every week , and I get home as often as I can . |
| 12 | Equally , her study was the first to find that chimpanzees wage war on each other , hunt and eat other animals , and even turn murderously on their own kind . |
| 13 | Directors need to make swift , well-informed decisions to ensure that their companies are the first to react and are able to grow at their competitors ' expense . |
| 14 | Her funeral was the first time she 'd worn them . |
| 15 | Their names were the first out of the hat in our prize draw , run in conjunction with the club 's major sponsor Appletise , for tickets for the clash with Norwich and Peterborough Pirates on Sunday . |
| 16 | This exhibition and its catalogue were the first to show the whole spectrum of Czech Cubism 's attempts to create a universal style in literature , music , theatre and cinema as much as in the visual arts . |
| 17 | They claim that their report is the first to outline the impact of global warming on snow and ice-covered regions . |
| 18 | Her ascent was the first but it was marred by the loss of climbing partners Liliane and Maurice Barrard and two of her best friends , Wojciech Wröz and Dobroslawa Miodowicz-Wolf . |
| 19 | ‘ We deserved at least a draw — their goal was the first strike in the second half and they had only one or two before the break . |
| 20 | US Secretary of Commerce Barbara Franklin visited China on Dec. 16-18 ; her visit was the first by a US Cabinet member since the then US Secretary of State James Baker visited in November 1991 [ see pp. 38574-75 ] . |
| 21 | Brakeloads and omnibuses were arriving on Victoria Parade full of fresh supplies , and swarming down the High Street towards their mecca was the first cheap , fast trainload of ‘ Arrys and ‘ Arriets in search of entertainment . |
| 22 | Their agreement was the first based on profit-sharing as well as retention of copyright , which gave him a large measure of control over publication and future working of the copyrights . |
| 23 | Its technology is the first integration of both the Unix and Windows operating systems on a single machine . |
| 24 | Its technology is the first integration of both the Unix and Windows operating systems on a single machine . |
| 25 | George was ever-present for nearly three seasons , became only our second post-war goalkeeper to put together a run of 100 consecutive League games ( John Jackson was the first ) , while his hundred appearances straight from his debut was the first achieved by a Palace player for over a quarter of a century . |
| 26 | WHEN Newry 's Errol Lutton makes his Ulster senior debut in the inter-provincials next weekend in Dublin he can thank his lucky stars that his club were the first to complete their Senior One fixtures this season … otherwise he would have missed his big chance . |
| 27 | The classic example of his footwork was the first Wigan try in the 1985 final . |
| 28 | To their amazement , his arrow was the first to pierce the inner gold circle , winning him the silver arrow . |
| 29 | The coins which bear his name are the first Northumbrian silver coins . |
| 30 | His name was the first to come to her mind and his telephone number was in the directory . |