Example sentences of "is [noun sg] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The factor which most powerfully predicts deletion is deletion of the first plural element in the string ; if a plural in the phrase is going to be realized by [ s ] , there is a strong tendency for it to be realized on this first element . |
| 2 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 3 | It 's thought the find is evidence of the first Viking wreck to be found off the British coast . |
| 4 | The first of these was the existence of an IS syllabus in the first year , in which pupils were required to seek out material on a range of topics amongst which the civilisation of antiquity appears to have featured heavily . |
| 5 | But enough of prologues and manifestos ; it is time for the first story . |