Example sentences of "been the first [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest opposition party , the Movement of Democratic Socialists ( MDS ) led by Mohammed Moada , had been the first to opt for a boycott , on the grounds that the elections represented only a limited pluralist opening as long as parliament and the media continued under RCD control . |
| 2 | The action was to have been the first brought under the Czech Republic 's software piracy laws . |
| 3 | Sir John Fastolf , involved in a long drawn-out lawsuit in Paris between 1432 and 1435 , could remind the court that he had been the first to jump into the sea when Henry V had come ashore in France in 1415 , and that the king had rewarded him with the grant of the first house which he had seen in France . |
| 4 | Shops selling large electrical goods such as television sets , hi-fi and washing machines have been the first to suffer from the slowdown in spending , while large chains like Comet and Dixons have been losing market share to small independent shopkeepers . |
| 5 | Countries where prices have tumbled like our own have been the first to benefit from the spark in the market . |