Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a first " in BNC.

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1 America 's faltering recovery continued with a 6.7% rise in housing starts in April over the previous month , lower than had been expected after a first quarter in which housing starts had been curbed by bad weather .
2 Soccer : Border League Wormingford FC are looking for a first team manager for next season .
3 Wivenhoe Town have never won the competition and are looking for a first success to complete a meteoric rise to the summit of the Essex non-league football hierarchy .
4 By pressing actively for the payment of wages monthly instead of weekly , they have supported and contributed to the great growth or worker banking in those countries , where it has been seen as a first step to other ‘ staff status ’ privileges .
5 Tickets are supplied on a first come first served basis and audience capacity is limited , so do n't delay — fill out the coupon below .
6 Rarely in the history of the Cannes Film , Festival has a debutant director won the Palme d'Or ; but then , rarely has such a formidable and original talent been displayed in a first film .
7 The tickets will be given on a first come , first served basis .
8 If they can not afford to have one installed , this should be regarded as a first priority and paid for by their children if they can afford it , which is often quite possible if there is a willingness on their part to make some small economy in their own spending each month .
9 My believe is what P P G is inviting local authorities to do is be cautious in proposing them , they should not be regarded as a first option , or an easy option , they should be cautious in proposing them .
10 Like a young Kenny Dalglish , Jess was involved in every aspect of Scotland 's play and must now be regarded as a first choice .
11 The cash value to be placed upon a first appointment as writer or cadet is uncertain , for it obviously depended upon the number of years in which a candidate would draw the salary , but contemporaries no doubt took the possibility of an early death from disease into account when they spoke of a value of £1,000 .
12 Because of the significant skill differential between insiders and outsiders , insiders can be treated at a first approximation as monopolists .
13 In particular , this means that the placement with a parent , relative , friend or person connected with the child should be considered as a first option unless this would not be reasonably practicable or consistent with the child 's welfare ( s23(6) ) .
14 So I suggest that they also be omitted from a first reading , leaving chapters 1–5 and 8–13 inclusive .
15 Usually , plaquettes are approximately the same area as thin sections : they may often be prepared as a first step in section-making .
16 Nonetheless , they have to be embraced as a first step in understanding the limits to where Africa may be in another twenty-five or even fifty years .
17 It would , in my opinion , in many ways be more logical for an application to be released from custody on the ground of non-service or delayed service of a committal notice to be made to a first instance judge rather than direct to this court .
18 The single charge upon which Barry was convicted alleged that he had possessed cocaine between Nov. 7 and Nov. 10 , 1989 , an offence which carried a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000 , although it was extremely rare for a prison sentence to be imposed for a first offence of this nature .
19 The cost for this great week is £599 and bookings can be made by calling Barr Sporting Tours on and will be accepted on a first come-first served basis .
20 The Iranian , Syrian and Turkish governments were also reported to be concerned that the elections in Iraqi Kurdistan should not be seen as a first move towards the creation of an independent Kurdish state .
21 Others , however , including many of the heads of government who attended the conference , stressed that it should be seen as a first step towards sustainable development , and a welcome acknowledgement both of the seriousness of the problem and of the fact that global co-operation was needed to overcome it .
22 Others however , including many of the heads of state and government who attended the conference , argued that it should be seen as a first step on the road to sustainable development , a welcome acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem , and of the fact that global co-operation was needed to tackle it .
23 Technology and Innovation is therefore to be welcomed as a first step towards changing this state of affairs .
24 The technique required in presenting characters from these plays is usually more delicate than can be achieved in a first audition , whereas the work of Tom Stoppard , David Hare and Barry Keefe ( for example ) is more easily grasped by the young actor .
25 The Detailed Spectrum Investigation 's recommendations have been combined in a first proposal for a European Table of Frequency Allocations which aims to standardise the use of frequencies across CEPT countries where possible .
26 It 's being seen as a first step towards opting out of the N H S.
27 Of those whose initial source was parents , most were girls , and more middle-class parents were cited as a first source of information than working-class parents .
28 But quite apart from that , these two chapters are perhaps more difficult than their surroundings , and I recommend that they be omitted from a first reading .
29 Enright , the demonstrative " this ' highlights the spatial dimension of an implied situation of utterance , and therefore mobilises a poetic persona functioning as deictic centre even if no explicit reference is made to a first person speaker .
30 If the withholding of manifestations of parental love is used as a first measure of initial disciplining , then it must be remembered that the measure of the distress necessary to be imposed , need be very small indeed if the imposition is started early enough .
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