Example sentences of "be [conj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that the first is a purse which is never empty , and the second a pot which provides a wholesome meal whenever you demand one in the right way . |
| 2 | Could it be that the first creatures to leave any sign of their existence were as complex as worms and molluscs ? |
| 3 | ‘ A number of people remarked to me how lucky we were that the first Green Shopping Day coincided with publication of the Green Consumer Guide , ’ she says with amusement . |
| 4 | The obvious explanation is that the first reports of allied successes suggested that the war would be short . |
| 5 | The reason for this is that the first layer atoms are shadowed by their neighbours along these principal axes and the projectile experiences a continuous potential that focuses it into a specular direction — ie θ = 2α . |
| 6 | An intriguing , though not widely accepted notion is that the first large organic molecules arose in very special circumstances , such as the hot springs ( hydrothermal vents ) that well up from volcanoes at the bottom of the sea . |
| 7 | What we do know is that the first Rottweiler to be registered with the New Zealand Club was Auslese Montrachet , who was imported from Australia . |
| 8 | My own position is that the first finding of the judge , that April Ashley was a male , was in the light of available information unfortunate and unnecessarily conservative . |
| 9 | The reasoning behind this is that the first 65 litres will contain any contaminates which might be present on the grape skins , but readers should not be alarmed because the wines must pass an analytical examination before being sold . |
| 10 | One possibility is that the first team to fill their container is the winner . |
| 11 | Quicker thinking readers will probably have noticed what I did n't , which is that the first appearance of ‘ adverb ’ is a mistaken correction by a typesetter or proofreader of the correctly wrong ‘ abverb ’ . |
| 12 | News is that the first single , ‘ One Day , One Time ’ , will emerge some time during September , while an album now seems a certainty for 1993 . |
| 13 | This assumption of improved supervision is put forward as a great strength of the proposals , but in fact what is being suggested is that the first year house officers would receive supervision from second year staff who are not yet fully registered . |
| 14 | The difference between them is that the first regress can only be stopped by certain ( = infallible ) beliefs , while the second insists merely on the existence of beliefs which are non-inferentially justified . |
| 15 | ‘ I do think , ’ he said , suddenly solemn , ‘ that the beauty of cricket is that the first shall be last and the last , on an uncertain wicket , can be first . ’ |
| 16 | The only problem is that the first time you do it for each project if it 's a ne if it 's a an old project , then we are going to have to put something in the field which summarizes the total remit for the whole of the group to date . |
| 17 | The reason for this sudden rush of bees is that the first bee tells her hive mates about the syrup . |
| 18 | The point here is that the first purchaser can safeguard himself by taking immediate delivery and not leaving the goods or documents of title with the seller . |
| 19 | The argument is that the First World will contribute the high-value technology and components for the production process , while the Third World will contribute the low-value low skill labour . |
| 20 | A possible explanation for this apparently delayed effect of the Black Death is that the first onset , despite its virulence , did not harm the economy as a whole as much as might have been expected , and that it was the continuing effect of later outbreaks which did the greater damage . |
| 21 | We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner . |
| 22 | As the leading firms prepare to meet the challenge of the national lottery , the irony is that the first revamp of the format in 24 years will make the pools themselves more of a lottery . |
| 23 | And what they have told us is that the first body was too far decomposed to be very helpful . |
| 24 | Kevin , why did he give Michelle those glasses , I did n't wash them properly , is that the first time |
| 25 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 26 | Undoubtedly this is but the first of competing efforts to develop ever more tempting animal/plant combinations . |
| 27 | PS : This is but the first in a series of dumb questions … |
| 28 | Sometimes I have a fear in me that this is but the first of many engagements in a struggle which is new , in scope if not in kind . ’ |
| 29 | It 's called the N tuple method is because the first thing we do is to take that image and break it up into a set of tuples each of N in size . |
| 30 | The result for n = 1 is found by letting n tend to unity which shows that the second term in the expression is while the first term is zero . |