Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in the distance , the 6ft wave could be seen for the first time roaring up river at 10 mph . |
| 2 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that more could be done in the first instance to prevent offences ? |
| 4 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 5 | Only speculation is possible in offering a reason for the initial action , which could be described as the first rite . |
| 6 | By the time the 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden , the international game had reached what could be described as the first flowering of maturity . |
| 7 | The other approach was to switch the emphasis away from the development of new sources of electricity supply to the issue of how the demand for power could be controlled in the first place . |
| 8 | By the end of the nineties , we could be set for the first Oscars awarded to synthetic actors . |
| 9 | No comments whatsoever could be found in the first soundings of reactions ‘ which even provided so much as a hint that some or other people 's comrade was in agreement with the attempted assassination ’ . |
| 10 | The whole child , within the context of family and school could be considered for the first time , not just the offence . |
| 11 | Legislation allowing political parties could be introduced in the first quarter of 1991 . |