Example sentences of "he [is] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kinnock says ( Echo March 13 ) he is the first Labour leader to advocate a head to head televised debate with the Tory leader . |
| 2 | He is the first reigning Formula One world champion to make the switch and Haas , a wealthy ex-racer , admitted : ‘ We know he had a fabulous offer from Ferrari . |
| 3 | What is striking about it is that he is the first Anglo-Saxon king known to have abdicated to go to Rome and that he went to Rome not as a baptized Christian but to seek baptism . |
| 4 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that he is the first Prime Minister in history to attend the annual general meeting of the National Farmers Union ? |
| 5 | He is the first western born challenger for the title since Bobby Fischer took the championship in 1972 and the first British player this century to be this close to the world title . |
| 6 | Not least because he is the first senior politician for some time to write a book that is stylish , witty , beautifully observed and therefore vastly superior to the plodding tone employed by most ex-Cabinet ministers who confuse being there with being able to write an interesting account of what happened . |
| 7 | Although there have been several since , he is the first known Westerner to have been eaten by a Komodo Dragon . |
| 8 | He is the first frightening indication of Tokyo 's apparent infatuation with rap . |