Example sentences of "be [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been right the first time . |
| 2 | As a composer and a soloist Bach did much to champion the pianoforte , an instrument then being developed in London by German immigrant craftsmen : the sonatas Op. 5 are apparently the first works published in England to include the piano on the title-page , and Bach is credited with performing the first solo on the instrument in public in London in 1768 . |
| 3 | The best stories , though , are perhaps the first , about a middle-aged bachelor farming alone after his mother dies , and the last , about a member of the village brass band picking up a woman on a bus trip to Venice . |
| 4 | Elections , however , are only the first step . |
| 5 | Our experiments with Zeta are only the first milestone along what may be a longish road , and we can not see the end of the road . |
| 6 | National data on the use of each part of the service by age and sex , married persons and unmarried persons , is used as the basis of these weightings , but they are only the first stage . |
| 7 | When Baudelaire wrote to Manet , ‘ you are only the first in the decrepitude of your art ’ , is he meant presumably to italicize the ‘ your ’ and thus confirm that he , Baudelaire , was the first in the ‘ decrepitude ’ of his own art . |
| 8 | However , as was pointed out there , the waves predicted by such theory are only the first stage of the evolution towards turbulent motion . |
| 9 | Attlee was ecstatic about the idea of his viceroy staying on , perceiving it as ‘ a great boost for Britain and for the Commonwealth ’ , a sentiment shared by the now fully evolved Commonwealth statesman — he had been perhaps the first to see the possibilities of the role — General Smuts : ‘ This does not look like quitting ’ , he cabled to Attlee on hearing the news . |
| 10 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 11 | And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed ! |
| 12 | I am not the first to suspect that the inhabitants of Massalia spent their money to ransom themselves from Catumarandus rather than the Romans from Brennus . |
| 13 | I am not the first one to have criticised this side of the Labour party 's proposals . |
| 14 | It can be a relief to discover that some of the worrying physical symptoms are not the first indications of some dreaded disease but are stress-related and represent perfectly normal ways of reacting to stress . |
| 15 | Spitting and firing are not the first words to spring to mind when Yorkshire 's venerable left-arm spinner Phil Carrick is mentioned . |
| 16 | ‘ You are not the first English person to have admired Maria 's cooking . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You are not the first , you will not be the last , ’ she said , and then smiled at him . |
| 18 | ‘ Is n't it strange , Master Southgate , you are not the first to say that . |
| 19 | Moreton and Furley are not the first men to die of redundancy . |
| 20 | The light-sensitive cells ( " photocells " ) are not the first thing the light hits , but they are buried inside and facing away from the light . |
| 21 | Judges are not the first species that springs to mind as a faithful tribune of popular perception . |
| 22 | We are just the first ones . ’ |
| 23 | I thought : These are just the first hundred , for the rest of my life — strangers who 'll know , who 'll find out , who 'll try not to react but who will react . |
| 24 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 25 | The general SVQs which we are introducing from August 1992 are just the first of a proposed series of new general SVQs . |
| 26 | Palafox and Romana are thus the first of a long succession of generals who claimed that the army officers embodied the general will of the nation , perverted by a selfish clique of unpopular politicians . |
| 27 | You 're normally the first one home . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're not the first to be affected by the pool . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have to confess , you 're not the first woman I 've made love to . ’ |
| 30 | You 're not the first person to be impressed by her voice . |