Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minute the seatbelt sign goes off , they 're up in First Class . |
| 2 | McCarthy is a 21-year-old central defender from Sherbourne , while Barry Ryan and Michael Curley are both from first division champions Limerick . |
| 3 | . Answers on a Christmas card , to and the Christmas cards please , with your answers , to be in by first post , next Friday , the seventeenth . |
| 4 | The tallest , heaviest boys were in the A group ; the next size down was B and so on until F. F was the group for the real tinies , the handful of Alec Davidsons who were mostly in first year . |
| 5 | The select committees , in contrast , were to be investigating bodies where policy issues were not of first importance , the principal task being to find out what was happening inside the various government departments , to inform the House and the public , thus bringing public opinion to bear at an earlier stage while policy was still relatively fluid . |
| 6 | Their line and length was immaculate and after 16 overs Park were still in first gear on 28 for one . |
| 7 | ‘ I now feel fine after my second reserve game against Halifax this week , and look forward to being back in first team action … ’ |
| 8 | Whether they take one particular legal form or another , whether they involve particular instruments or another set , is not of first importance . |
| 9 | It is back to first principles again . |
| 10 | Disconnect the large multi plug on the wiring loom on the bulkhead Pull the wire off the injector pump shut off solenoid as a safety measure and touch the starter solenoid wire ( white with a red tracer ) to a live feed ( brown ) on the engine side of the multi plug ( check it is out of first gear first ) An opened split pin is ideal for the job With practice the engine can be flicked over to the required position |
| 11 | I think if the Liberal Club was only like First World War it was n't there it has n't always been there but the Conservative Club was there as long as I can remember . |
| 12 | In the standard account of the party 's growth into a modern political organisation over the period 1910–24 , McKibbin ( 1974 ) concludes that the war was not of first importance to its ultimate rise to power : |
| 13 | Perhaps I was not at first sight the most employable of people . |