Example sentences of "to [be] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( There has to be a first one soon ) . |
| 2 | Antiquarian booksellers , like myself , and ardent collectors , feel it is all-important for a book to be a first edition and will sometimes pay the earth to buy such a treasure . |
| 3 | Many employers require a member of their staff to be a first aider . |
| 4 | You do n't need to be a first class embroiderer to create something beautiful and at the same time have lots of fun . |
| 5 | There had to be a first emergence somewhere . |
| 6 | VenturCom Inc 's real-time E-Venix/386 Unix operating system will now support X-Windows , claimed to be a first for an embedded operating system : the company has made it possible to embed Network File System on a diskless single-board computer via the E-NFS facility . |
| 7 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 8 | Now that has to be a first . |
| 9 | Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity . |
| 10 | With this second novel , Amy Tan has again proved herself to be a first class writer , one who can write books which not only have enormous popular appeal , but also teach us something new about the human condition . |
| 11 | It is designed to be a first maths program for the younger user and is suitable for the 3 to 6 years age group , depending on the level of computer familiarity . |
| 12 | ‘ This has got to be a first . |
| 13 | I do n't know why because that seems to me to be a first rate way of travelling , you know ! |