Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] be the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 2 | The Blackpool meeting was the first between Mr Savimbi and a British minister , underlining the importance Britain attaches to persuading Mr Savimbi to return to the conference table . |
| 3 | Whereas , however , the Krakatoa eruption was the first for two centuries , Mt Pelee had previously erupted within the living memory of some of the older residents of St Pierre ; a mild affair in 1851 which did little apart from sprinkling a bit of ash about . |
| 4 | The Rawtenstall store is the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and to celebrate the occasion staff from the town 's branch handed out carrier bags and keyrings to shoppers as well as answering account enquiries . |
| 5 | The Hanmer family were the first of the new immigrants to appear and they were still there 120 years later . |
| 6 | Your August issue was the first of your magazines I have read in three years or so and what an improvement ! |
| 7 | But this coupling of two of the greatest works from Haydn 's second London visit is the first in what promises to be a series of recordings of the late symphonies . |
| 8 | Sergio Leone is the first of Unforgiven 's dedicatees . |