Example sentences of "be the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it could be the first sentence of ten . |
| 2 | It could be the first sentence . |
| 3 | If you are feeling ‘ fluey ’ this may be the first sign of mastitis . |
| 4 | They may be the first sign of trust given , an attempt to show an external sign of an internal pain as a way of having it noticed . |
| 5 | Fistula formation — for example to the trachea — may then be the first sign of the true nature of the disease . |
| 6 | The surgeon 's knife was to be the first act , and possibly the only act , of that no one could be certain . |
| 7 | The TODAY-sponsored team attempting to be the first Britons to climb Everest in winter was desolate at the defeat . |
| 8 | EASTERN Electricity is sponsoring a team hoping to be the first Britons to conquer the world 's second highest mountain and survive . |
| 9 | The case is thought to be the first test of the obligation under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 to provide new land of " equal advantage " where public open space is lost through a compulsory purchase . |
| 10 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 11 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
| 12 | But I want to be a history maker , to be the first coach who wins the European Cup for an English club and the coach who makes England an international force . |
| 13 | Rupert Murdoch told the annual meeting in Adelaide : ‘ This may well be the first year in some years when our earnings do not show their customary increase . ’ |
| 14 | If the trend continues , 1989 will be the first year in which UK companies have made more acquisitions in continental Europe than in the US . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're still investing more than HP is in development , so our bottom line profits are less , but this will be the first year for the RS/6000 that we make at least $1 net profit . ’ |
| 16 | This must be the first year when new rock boot models have n't been coming out of everyone 's ears . |
| 17 | Nineteen ninety three is gon na be the first year in which the full benefits of this cost cutting are gon na come through and whilst it 's always a continuing process and there will be some further redundancies , I am glad to say that we believe that the bulk of the redundancies are now behind us . |
| 18 | The complication has been that because last year 's trading profits were lower than expected we did n't have any taxable profits against which to claim back this A C T so as this would be the first year in which taxable profits would arise unless we 'd not been unless we 'd been able to find some other way of dealing with it the A C T which we pay would not have been recoverable till January ninety five . |
| 19 | With the chip stripped of floating point processor , large caches and TurboChannel/EISA controller support , he says Terminal III could be the first AXP platform under $2,000 . |
| 20 | From clinical and economic viewpoints a careful abdominal examination should be the first assessment of a vomiting child . |
| 21 | Coetzer would not be the first South African Bruno has faced . |
| 22 | The octopus will be the first animal without a backbone to be protected under regulations that already cover experiments on vertebrates . |
| 23 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
| 24 | Inhibition of MAO-B is also of topical interest since this may prove to be the first manoeuvre that has slowed the progression of Parkinson 's disease ; the mechanism is uncertain but it was originally thought of because this approach blocked the toxicity of the selective dopaminergic poison , MPTP . |
| 25 | Volkswagen will be the first customer to implement resulting technology . |
| 26 | This public celebration is still usually followed by the private honeymoon , despite the fact that for many it will not be the first holiday they have had together . |
| 27 | I shall be the first writer at an Inaugural since Frost at John Kennedy 's . |
| 28 | This will be the first Masters for the new chairman , Jack Stephens , Arkanas billionaire . |
| 29 | A simple start like this can be the first goal of change . |
| 30 | But Interior Secretary has pledged that preserving California 's desert will be the first land conservation goal of the administration . |