Example sentences of "would [be] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 For 30 per cent this would be for the first time , yet almost half our sample are installing an additional or replacement shower .
2 If they are ever opened , the Hunterston plants would be among the first direct reduction iron works in the Western world .
3 Furthermore , those species that accidentally forged some connecting suspension for the front legs independent of the skull would be among the first to walk , otherwise the head would have to turn constantly from side to side as it did so .
4 If war and destruction were to break loose , the small landlords with property easily burnt would be among the first to suffer .
5 Will my hon. Friend repeat the commitment given by the Secretary of State for the Environment when he said that the new councils of Avon , Cleveland and Humberside would be among the first to receive the benefit of that new commission ?
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