Example sentences of "[noun] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tune into the harmony of your developing fragrance : Top Notes are the first scent you 'll smell , but these are volatile and do n't last . |
| 2 | The two clubs are the first set up by the recreation support unit of Darlington Borough Council . |
| 3 | Bleach are the first truly mind-boggling band ever to come from Ipswich , an archetypal Suffolk market town , once home of Bobby Robson and erm , that 's it . |
| 4 | BAY OF PLENTY are the first New Zealand team to send a team to the Melrose Sevens next month . |
| 5 | Conoco Speciality Products and Southampton University are the first winners of the Hydro Award 1991 , for outstanding achievement in the field of water quality improvement in the UK . |
| 6 | Michael Ainslie ( also an American ) , acknowledged that salaries are linked to an individual ( rather than departmental ) bonus scheme but denied that Mr Faxon 's new contracts are the first step towards individual commission-based salaries . |
| 7 | Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday entered the emerging digital video- and wideband communications markets with announcement of products for video production , editing , broadcast , transmission and distribution : the new products are the first in an extensive line planned by the company , and include professional studio equipment and systems to monitor transmission quality ; they are being introduced by the company 's newly formed Video Communications Division in Santa Clara . |
| 8 | I tell him that in a depression , manners are the first casualties . |
| 9 | Except in cases of oxygen starvation , when the biggest fish in a pond are the first to succumb , it is the tiddlers that react worst to poor water quality , bacterial or parasitic problems . |
| 10 | Dr Jaffery said that very few people in Delhi now wanted to study classical Persian , the language which , like French in Imperial Russia , had for centuries been the first tongue of every educated Delhi-wallah . |
| 11 | Grid Computers are the first company to produce a specially designed pen notebook portable computer . |
| 12 | The prizes as stated will be awarded to those readers whose correct entries are the first drawn out of the bag after the competition 's closing date . |
| 13 | Our teenagers are the first generation of young people to begin their sex lives under the shadow of AIDS . |
| 14 | David Hockney 's set designs are the first he has done for Covent Garden . |
| 15 | And harder than the first months are the first weeks . |
| 16 | It is possible to suggest an implicational series , using the symbols suggested in chapter 4.5 : as the rule diffuses through the lexicon , monosyllabic T environments are the first to be affected by it , followed by monosyllabic D environments , with the polysyllables being the last to be affected . |
| 17 | These sensations are the first acute symptoms of anxiety , often leading to hyperventilation and to the initiation of catastrophic panic thoughts . |
| 18 | To our knowledge , these data are the first evidence for a specific interaction between a small molecule antagonist and the transmembrane domain of a peptide receptor . |
| 19 | Winners are the first correct entries drawn . |
| 20 | Senior consultants and local politicians fear plans to create powerful purchasing consortiums among the region 's 15 districts are the first step towards merger . |
| 21 | Ambergate , Brighouse , Yeadon … the question is , will Bivouac be the first famous band to come from Derby , even though they do n't really come from Derby ? |
| 22 | The whispered words were the first brave Leslie , 29 , spoke after regaining consciousness and being taken off a life support machine . |
| 23 | On present evidence it appears that Classical Greek craftsmen were the first to employ enamel , but that it was the Byzantine Greeks who carried the craft to a new level of accomplishment in the service of the imperial court and the rituals of eastern Christianity . |
| 24 | Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer . |
| 25 | The French shops were the first to use the dark green exterior , which became an instantly recognizable hallmark of ‘ country ’ quality , and were also the first to have architect-designed wooden interiors . |
| 26 | Dave 's verdict : the Atlas is a completely new bag and we at Outdoor Action were the first to test it . |
| 27 | This usually entailed Branson being the first to let off fire-extinguishers , initiate a food fight , or dress up in fishnet stockings and make-up for the inevitable fancy-dress party . |
| 28 | The very next day the business was commenced , the artillery being the first to be moved , Ramsay and Fraser helping to superintend . |
| 29 | WHEN Newry 's Errol Lutton makes his Ulster senior debut in the inter-provincials next weekend in Dublin he can thank his lucky stars that his club were the first to complete their Senior One fixtures this season … otherwise he would have missed his big chance . |
| 30 | This representative , beautifully chosen collection of Faure songs is the first issue to appear since her announcement , and it whets the appetite for many more . |