Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [art] first [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , in that she 's the first woman Prime Minister , she 's the longest serving Prime Minister of erm in this century . |
2 | Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory . |
3 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
4 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
5 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |
6 | Admittedly in one or two cases the inference is fairly marginal but nevertheless it 's the first time all the numbers have been positive . |
7 | Yeah , it 's the first time these actually keep a lot better than the towelling ones . |
8 | It 's the first time any Oxford college has felt the need to take such measures . |
9 | It 's the first time most of the jugglers have performed in a theatre : adapting their skills to the show had n't been easy . |
10 | It is the first time such a move has been made by Middlesbrough council . |
11 | It is the first time that Pizza Hut has opened an Express slice operation in a leisure attraction of Thorpe Park 's size . |
12 | It is the first time all 22 Premier League chairmen have come face to face since the Noades-inspired walk-out last September when the so-called ‘ Platinum Eight ’ clubs blocked a £10million Bass sponsorship deal . |
13 | It is the first time British soldiers have killed gunmen in the conflict . |
14 | ‘ It is the first time this sort of thing has happened at our Omagh garage but unfortunately people in the motor trade are all too familiar with this kind of theft , ’ said Mr Sloan . |
15 | ‘ It is the first time this artist has shown her work in this city and there were about 40 people there , sipping wine . |
16 | It is the first time High Elves have entered Naggarond and returned alive . |
17 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |