Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foundation would appear to be the first of its kind in Britain , where the art world has long bemoaned the paucity of private beneficence of this kind . |
| 2 | The thing is that I should so like to be the first to know , officially … ’ |
| 3 | I would like to be the first male editor of Vogue . |
| 4 | But at least her psychosis gave students of English literature and social history a book which can claim to be the first extant long prose narrative in the English language , and the first autobiography by a psychotic personality . |
| 5 | NME ca n't claim to be the first off the blocks with coverage of this splenetic musical bastard — that honour has to go to the now sadly defunct Sounds . |
| 6 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |
| 7 | No one had ever raised a hand to her in anger , and woe betide him if he should decide to be the first man to try . |
| 8 | We do not wish to be the first case of this kind to go before the Special Commissioners . |
| 9 | On subsequent journeys I would always try to be the first to see it and shout , ‘ There it is , I saw it first ! ’ |
| 10 | But she did n't want to be the first to speak to him , and he never looked at her . |
| 11 | I have said consistently we do n't want to be the first in the industry , I would rather await either N A C O T , N A C O M or the U D M seeing what they , the outcome is there as we have traditionally done and then take it from there where you must agree that we have usually improved on their offer when it 's been made . |
| 12 | RECEIVERS were yesterday appointed to the brewing businesses of the Australian yachting tycoon , Mr Alan Bond , in what may prove to be the first step towards the world 's largest corporate collapse . |
| 13 | Inhibition of MAO-B is also of topical interest since this may prove to be the first manoeuvre that has slowed the progression of Parkinson 's disease ; the mechanism is uncertain but it was originally thought of because this approach blocked the toxicity of the selective dopaminergic poison , MPTP . |
| 14 | Profound disappointment and frustration , however , awaited those — especially in Britain — who hoped that American involvement in the First World War might prove to be the first step towards an on-going partnership . |