Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 2 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 3 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 4 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 5 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 6 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 7 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 8 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 9 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 10 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 11 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |
| 14 | Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so . |
| 15 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
| 16 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 17 | What can you mind what was the first sort of action on Hoy that impressed you cos Well you 'd been there all your life you would have really seen the whole process happening . |
| 18 | But you have come , I am told , became we are the first place on earth to get the dawn . |
| 19 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 20 | you know you 're the first priority and I |
| 21 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 22 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 23 | The transcription start sites for the P A2b and P A3 promoters analyzed by S1 mapping ( 13 ) indicated three contiguous possible start sites for each promoter that did not allow to determine which was the first nucleotide incorporated by the RNA polymerase , a problem frequently found with S1 mapping analysis . |
| 24 | Also note who is the first player to congratulate any scorer — and look extremely chuffed … |
| 25 | , Al Mutlaq 's divisional manager , saw immediate benefits : ‘ We believe we are the first company in the region to get this equipment . |
| 26 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 27 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 28 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 29 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 30 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |