Example sentences of "say [prep] [be] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
| 2 | In Florida , Miami 's POSLogic Corp is soon to announce its first product , the POSLogic 5000 Point of Sale System , which is said to be the first Unix-based system to incorporate both hardware and software as a fully integrated product , although NCR Corp , which has been slipping Unix processors in under its point-of-sale systems for several years , while making Unix invisible to the retailer , might demur . |
| 3 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 4 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 5 | It was said to be the first house since Roman times to have central heating : over three miles of piping were used but there was no chimney in the house itself . |