Example sentences of "be [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memo continues by stating that if the group who were to be part of the first squadron returned by road , they would waste too much time and should therefore be flown back to collect the new vehicles and supplies needed at Kufra . |
| 2 | Falklands hero Lieutenant Colonel Philip Neame and Dr Christine A'Court , a Royal Army Medical Corps reservist , hope to be part of the first British team to reach the peak in winter . |
| 3 | Merson was a member of Graham Taylor 's England squad in Sweden and wants to be part of the first international gathering in Spain early next month . |
| 4 | Although given the honour of being the opening story of Doctor Who 's second season this serial was originally scheduled to be part of the first . |
| 5 | As the ‘ lucky ’ person who drew the shortest straw to be editor of the first edition of the revamped CIBLINGS , it comes down to me to think of something to fill the vast amount of space which is the front page . |
| 6 | Once new operators start to look towards the itchy-footed turboprop pilots to fulfil their needs , everyone can start moving up a step and there may again be room on the first rung of the ladder . |
| 7 | If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors . |
| 8 | While this may be socially desirable in the LFA , until the reduction and partial elimination of capital grants in December 1984 , there were fears that pastures and meadows ( hitherto traditionally managed ) , small wetlands and areas of rough grazing on small farms in the UK uplands would be subject for the first time to agricultural intensification . |