Example sentences of "to be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of this book is to create a broad , multidisciplinary framework for thinking about what students are taught and ought to be taught on first degree courses . |
| 2 | There may be complaints and accusations of neglect to be endured at first , but it is stimulating for the old person to have new company and most important for you , the carer , to maintain some friends and some life outside the home , both for present needs and for the future when you will be alone . |
| 3 | It also occurred to me today that perhaps one of us in the Glasgow Office ought to be trained in First Aid . |
| 4 | Her eyes slowly forced their way open , only to be dazzled at first by a strong shaft of sunlight which had penetrated fresh dainty curtains . |
| 5 | Some things need to be dealt with first and others are of lower priority and can wait . |
| 6 | Only eight weeks before the sale , Christie 's announced that sixty-six drawings were to be auctioned without first being offered to any national institution by their owner , Viscount Coke . |
| 7 | Its two halves are asymmetric and can not be folded to be superimposed without first turning one of them over . |
| 8 | Shipment of a pre-release version of Matisse 2.2 on the KSR1 is planned for fourth quarter 1993 , with the final release to be shipped in first quarter 1994 . |