Example sentences of "is [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Markham , LASMO has achieved two milestones in the British oil industry — the field is the first offshore development lying across the UK/Netherlands median line , and it is producing the first gas to be exported from the UK into the Continent . |
| 2 | The first day of bleeding is considered the first day of the menstrual cycle , when the unfertilised egg and the lining of the womb is shed and discharged . |
| 3 | Either you consider that the County Farms are playing a role set down by law and supported over the years of an , which no other authority and no other body in the country can provide , and which is a socially valuable role , and that is to provide the first step in farming , and clearly they do . |
| 4 | Its aim is to provide the first comprehensive study of childhood injuries in the district and form the basis of an accident prevention drive . |
| 5 | When you want to run a program ( such as WORD.COM ) , all you have to do is type the first part of the filename ( WORD ) . |
| 6 | A mnemonic for this phenomenon is to set the first and second fingers and thumb of the left hand at right angles to one another . |
| 7 | THIS AGREEMENT IS made the first day of February 1989 between of ( ‘ The Publisher ’ ) and of ( ‘ The Distributor ’ ) |
| 8 | A simple proof is to cross the first fingers of your two hands , one at 30 inch range , the other at 15 inches . |
| 9 | The Library is exhibiting the first of series of paintings produced by members of Eve Bennett 's RBGE Botanical Painting Course . |
| 10 | The quantities U , q and w are related by the equation This mathematical relationship is called the first law of thermodynamics . |
| 11 | A sensible compromise is to use the first method for longer photo-stories and to add a sticky label to the photograph giving outline details and the source and to use the second method for short captions . |
| 12 | The Office des Communications Sociales of Montreal , Canada , is holding the first national conference on the Church and communication in Cap-Rouge , 4–6 June . |
| 13 | If blood pressure is elevated the first question must be ‘ Am I using the correct size cuff ? ’ |
| 14 | Milk , after the baby is born the first time the baby actually has to digest its own food it has to process the food that it takes in , what 's in milk ? |
| 15 | The Auditing Practices Board is facing the first test of its credibility . |
| 16 | Bavaria is facing the first major sell-off of an historic private collection since the war , and they have consulted Britain on how to respond , as England is all too used to such dispersals ( Yet another took place last month with the sale of Pitchford Hall ) . |
| 17 | After just 4 games Swindon 's John Gorman is facing the first pain barrier of the season ; 4 defeats and 14 goals conceded . |
| 18 | She 's abroad but is getting the first available flight back . |
| 19 | What I should do is take the first one tonight . |
| 20 | His advice is to study the first four pages of the explanatory booklet carefully , particularly paragraph six — action to take now . |
| 21 | The monomers then redistribute so as to restore balance in what is termed the first relaxation . |
| 22 | Joe Robertson , of Lochend , who is starting the first year of Bachelor of Education ( Technology ) course at the Moray House College of Education . |
| 23 | The parent who shows strong disapproval , smacking the child or forcibly removing its hand from the offending area is sowing the first seeds of inhibition or sexual disorder . |
| 24 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 25 | Du Pont is to build the first hydrofluorocarbon ( HFC ) -125 plant on a commercial scale at Deepwater , NJ . |
| 26 | In collaboration with the other UK Research Councils and with international bodies and the European Community , the Economic and Social Research Council is undertaking the first phase of its Global Environmental Change Initiative . |
| 27 | To return to the problem of how to continue the theme after the first phrase is formed : the simplest solution is to repeat the first phrase exactly as it is . |
| 28 | Wendy Georgeson , of Lerwick , who is entering the first year of an LLB law degree course at the University of Edinburgh ; |
| 29 | THE British Government is taking the first tentative steps to standardise the computers and computer equipment that are bought by civil servants . |
| 30 | Mute 's stance follows the news that music industry magazine Music Week is taking the first step to redefining the term ‘ independent ’ by running ‘ a genre chart open to all-comers ’ , next to ‘ an old-style distribution chart ’ , from September 19 . |