Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb mod] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Noble 's talk will be the first item on the agenda and you can leave early if you wish to , though you are , of course , welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting . |
| 2 | New Brighton has been the setting for seven British championship events , but next week 's spectacle will be the first with European involvement . |
| 3 | New Brighton has been the setting for seven British championship events but next week 's spectacle will be the first to feature European boats . |
| 4 | But Interior Secretary has pledged that preserving California 's desert will be the first land conservation goal of the administration . |
| 5 | For years those of us who have played a cat and mouse game with cagey manager Billy Bingham over team selections could always be sure that Donaghy 's name would be the first one down on the sheet . |
| 6 | ‘ Last year 's event will be the first and last unless more people come forward . |
| 7 | He hopes tonight 's journey will be the first of many , as Robin Powell reports . |
| 8 | The first is the only English-language dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion , while Caruana 's book will be the first concise survey of Australia 's indigenous painters . |
| 9 | Marks 's book will be the first modern study of the medium and discusses issues such as donors , technique , the workshops and stylistic developments . |
| 10 | Australia 's hand would be the first to shoot up with New Zealand not far behind , both of them , of course , recent victors over England . |