Example sentences of "they [am/are] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the first tests of legal reforms introduced two months ago to allow judges ' secrecy orders to be reviewed . |
| 2 | They are the first known lords of the manor of Cosmeston and gave their name to the village , Costentinstune ( the place of the Costentins ) . |
| 3 | They are the first published documents from which we can glean personal details about ordinary older people in significant numbers . |
| 4 | Though these documents do not necessarily show evidence of cost-effectiveness thinking being employed in their production , they are the first sign that market forces are having an impact . |
| 5 | Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors . |
| 6 | They are the first phases in the biggest programme of clinical trials ever undertaken . |
| 7 | They are the first of six . |
| 8 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 9 | They are the first Suffolk representatives to take part in the national finals . |
| 10 | They are the first tribe in human history of wilful solitaries since the dissolution of the monasteries , but their motives are in no way God-directed . |
| 11 | Surprisingly this does not conform to Egyptian conventions for depicting Semites or Nubians and their dress suggests that they are the first known representation in Egyptian art of the Mycenaeans , Bronze Age Greeks . |
| 12 | As reported , they are the first machines from Apple to include the long-promised signal processor — Apple is using AT&T Co 's AT&T 32-bit 3210 , which will be built into the system 's motherboard and will drive such tasks as real-time data processing , speech recognition , audio compression , high-speed data communications , three-dimensional rendering , video image processing and 16-bit stereo sound . |
| 13 | Along with Gloucestershire County Council , on which no party holds overall control , they are the first authorities hit by capping under the new Council Tax system . |
| 14 | They are the first indication that Gloucester was willing to make significant changes in the power structure inherited from Edward IV . |
| 15 | They are the first to be advised of impending reorganizations , of imminent appointments , of new marketing initiatives and planned strategic changes in direction . |
| 16 | The view of Dmitri Obolensky , a leading authority on the Bogomils , is that they are the first European manifestation of a tradition which extends for over a thousand years from the teachings of Mani in third-century Mesopotamia to the Albigensian heresy , which appeared in southern France in the thirteenth century . |
| 17 | They are the first to divide in cell division and form the poles at each end of the cell . |
| 18 | They are the first in a series of six sets of Regulations to implement EC Directives which will all come into force on 1st January 1993 . |
| 19 | They are the first indication that Gloucester was willing to make significant changes in the power structure inherited from Edward IV . |
| 20 | They are the first Aymara band to have anumber one in Bolivia and are currently on a world tour . |
| 21 | They are the first in the New Marske unit to achieve the honour . |
| 22 | And like an early warning system , they 're the first to reveal whether you possess the freshness of youth or whether you are reflecting fatigue or the signs of ageing . |
| 23 | And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind . |
| 24 | But they 're the first people in the country to benefit from a revolutionary kind of wheelchair ; the Sapphire . |
| 25 | If cricket 's not your thing how about American football … a new season is underway and making a name for themselves already are the Oxford Saints … they 're the first club in the country with its very own gridiron pitch . |
| 26 | They 're the first British team to enter the unusual drive from Paris to the Arctic circle . |
| 27 | They 're the first to be built in Buckley them , main road . |
| 28 | when there 's any recession they 're the first ones to lose |
| 29 | end of the day when you do something wrong they 're the first to nip in that office and say what you 've done wrong and why you 've done it wrong . |
| 30 | they 're the first people who go |