Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | this meant that the mercury was the first newspaper to be published outside those places . |
| 2 | It says avoidance of the substance causing the allergy is the first line of treatment followed by drugs , where possible , to relieve symptoms and by desensitisation in a few selected cases . |
| 3 | The bike is the first mass-produced bicycle to boast full front and rear suspension . |
| 4 | After being whacked six nil at Crewe Hereford needed a pick me up … the tonic was the first goal against Colchester an absolute gem … |
| 5 | The lieutenant was the first to reach the wire but was immediately ‘ it by several bullets , and there were only two men ahead of me at the time . |
| 6 | Each player starts with 501 points , the winner being the first to reduce it to zero . |
| 7 | The sentence was the first of its kind under an August 1991 law making the death penalty mandatory for blasphemy [ see p. 38393 ] . |
| 8 | As the verb is the first trouble spot encountered in the sentence , the substitution is made there . |
| 9 | According to scientists at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , the technique is the first in the world to be tailor-made to the requirements of developing countries . |
| 10 | — the heart is the first organ to develop in the embryo ; when we are no more than the size of a kidney bean , our heart is visible , pumping away ; |
| 11 | He also opened fertile chicken eggs and concluded , falsely , that the heart was the first organ to develop . |
| 12 | Just 4kms from the resort is the first of many places you just ‘ have ’ to see the Varone waterfalls . |
| 13 | The case is the first to be brought by Scotland Yard 's Regional Crime Squad under s 24 of the Act . |
| 14 | The case is the first example of an English court directly applying the test in the United States case of Computer Associates International Inc. v Altai ( 1992 ) ( see page 26 ) . |
| 15 | The case is the first of its kind in legal history and is bound to set a precedent . |
| 16 | The case is the first in Scotland under a law introduced less than two weeks before the accident . |
| 17 | The case was the first in which a former government minister was brought before a Swiss criminal court . |
| 18 | The case was the first review of random testing of federal employees and the first in which the court upheld testing which did not involve workers concerned with public safety . |
| 19 | The case was the first brought against nine extremists arrested in June 1990 in East Germany [ see p. 37828 ] and the first under 1989 legislation allowing milder sentences for those turning state 's evidence [ see p. 36046 for draft legislation ] . |
| 20 | With Markham , LASMO has achieved two milestones in the British oil industry — the field is the first offshore development lying across the UK/Netherlands median line , and it is producing the first gas to be exported from the UK into the Continent . |
| 21 | Under the terms of the accord , the referendum was the first step in a process of transition which would lead to the establishment of the semi-autonomous Nunavut government and territory by April 1999 . |
| 22 | The election was the first to be called under the new Constitution , ratified by a popular referendum in August [ see p. 39042 ] , which reduced the power of the president . |
| 23 | The grant is the first to be paid out of the Nuclear Safety Account , set up by the Group of Seven industrialized countries at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) for the purpose of providing emergency aid to secure the Soviet-designed nuclear reactors in Eastern Europe . |
| 24 | It is generally accepted , however , that hyperproliferation of the colorectal mucosa with a shift of the proliferative zone to the upper portion of the crypt is the first step of the sequence . |
| 25 | The purchase is the first for Strathmore , which was recently founded by Ronnie Rickard , former managing director of Norscot Hotels . |
| 26 | The American silver sales at Christie 's , on 22 January , and at Sotheby 's on 28 January , seemed to confirm that the last area of the market to give way in the recession was the first to rebound . |
| 27 | Forest District Manager Bob Hands said ‘ The trail is the first of a series of new public facilities . ’ |
| 28 | The driver was the first to recover his scattered wits and went down the steps to comfort Marsh who was leaning against the tender side , shaking uncontrollably , his face ashen . |
| 29 | The budget was the first to be based on President Hashemi Rafsanjani 's development plan for 1989-93 , which had been adopted after considerable debate at the end of January 1990 . |
| 30 | It was taken for granted that where the ‘ bucks ’ predominated , the stick was the first resort , and the law an afterthought . |