Example sentences of "to be [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Regulus ( 1.3 ) is said to be of the first magnitude , while Castor ( 1.6 ) is not . |
| 2 | This phenomenon of mastery of the anal drive turns out to be of the first importance for pastoral peoples because , as I have demonstrated elsewhere , pastoral psychology is often based on the introjection of sadistic drives which would otherwise threaten the herds on which the pastoralist depends for his existence . |
| 3 | Erm er the costing involves we will just say we ought to be for the first fortnight . |
| 4 | Maidstone 's the place to be for the first time ever , all four candidates are female . |
| 5 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 6 | Holbrecht advocated a mix of social classes in the same building ; his outline was for a single apartment to be on the first floor of a typical building ; for two apartments each on the Erdstock , the second storey and the third storey , and for three apartments on the fourth floor , as well as smaller flats on the ground floor and in the courtyard . |
| 7 | Naturally , I wanted Mum to be at the first night , and Dad too . |
| 8 | Branson was as awed as anyone could expect to be at the first sight of their own Jumbo Jet . |
| 9 | To be in the First Division is prestigious , and also lucrative for a club since it ensures large crowds . |
| 10 | The total amount of time taken up in such social exchanges or interactions in this sample is in fact relatively small : a division of housewives into three groups according to the proportion of work time thus occupied — less than twenty-five per cent , between twenty-five and fifty per cent , more than fifty per cent — revealed the majority of women to be in the first group ; there was no significant relationship with work satisfaction patterns . |
| 11 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 12 | It is not vital to be in the first row . |
| 13 | So , you either decide to start again , or you cut and paste , often laboriously , to move the range to where you think it ought to be in the first place . |
| 14 | Sellars sadly does n't seem to be in the first team at Newcastle . |
| 15 | The crew of that canoe were believed to be among the first human beings to set foot on the Islands . |
| 16 | It was very uncomfortable until firstly I started getting some of the programmes I had commissioned back , and secondly I saw on screen that some of them were going to be among the first successes of the Channel . |
| 17 | to be among the first in the UK to receive details of the new CM3 car-phone and the P3 dual function hand-portable/car-phone . |
| 18 | We will keep you informed of developments , but if you wish to be among the first to know you should sign on to our mailing list if you have not done so already . |
| 19 | The company plans to concentrate on Britain , Germany and Belgium — the areas expected to be among the first to benefit from a turnaround in the property sector , especially in industrial and office buildings . |
| 20 | We 're going live to Gloucester , where Kim Barnes is with a group of women who hope to be among the first to benefit from today 's vote . |
| 21 | North Yorkshire chief executive Ron Leyland said they were glad to be among the first considered but felt the present system worked well . |