Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [is] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job .
2 When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data .
3 Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own .
4 Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response .
5 If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing .
6 Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit .
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