Example sentences of "are [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 2 | Older people are always among the first to be made redundant and to retire prematurely yet there is no evidence to show ‘ that redundancy or early retirement are seriously associated with health or any general tendency for workers to become less productive with age . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 4 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 5 | They are still in the first flush of passion . |
| 6 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 7 | Brothers and colleagues statistics show that the majority of car accidents are mainly within the first year of people passing their driving test . |
| 8 | Its restaurant and coffee bar are now on the first floor but once were on the ground floor where the bank is now . |
| 9 | The farmers are now among the first to use biological insecticides , becoming increasingly popular as a replacement to conventional chemical ones , to protect the environment and overcome the problem of resistance , which insects can develop after extended exposure to the same chemical . |
| 10 | Gloucester against Bridgend … that 's the game tonight … its more than a run out too … next week the cherry and whites are back in the first division fight at Northampton … but no chance of planning ahead six first teamers are missing |
| 11 | But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle . |
| 12 | But there are twelve fewer non-North American galleries this year , and forty-two dealers nearly twenty-five per cent of the fair are here for the first time . |