Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | To those humans who , given mastery of space , preferred to vault across it than to linger in orbit and build there , Mars and its hurtling moons had been the first great benefit of the gift . |
| 32 | This lass had been the first cause of Eachuinn Odhar thinking of an alliance with the Campbells ? |
| 33 | He had one photograph , from Shaun 's wedding , and the photograph 's arrival had been the first that he 'd known about any of it . |
| 34 | Rural housing had been the first to receive attention because it could be regarded as the responsibility of each landowner ; but the housing in towns was literally nobody 's business and could pass unnoticed , just as factory hands could be laid off in a recession , as farming labourers with tied cottages could not . |
| 35 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 36 | Chicago-born Mainbocher had been the first American to open a couture house in Paris — the trousseau and wedding dress of Wallis Simpson were celebrated triumphs — and , based in New York from the early war years , remained the chosen couturier of the stars of American society and stage . |
| 37 | On this occasion the Duke of Bedford , who had paid for a statue of Bunyan to be erected in the town , recollected how Pilgrim 's Progress had been the first book given to him as a child . |
| 38 | Sister Cooney had been the first to hint it to him . |
| 39 | In what Western experts said was the first recognition of the extent of Kremlin military activity , Lieutenant-General Anatoly Sidorov listed Korea , Egypt , Syria , Angola and Ethiopia as other countries where Soviet troops fought . |
| 40 | An FMLN communiqué issued by the FMLN leadership on Nov. 26 claimed that the Nov. 19-20 offensive had been the first action of its newly proclaimed professional " National Army for Democracy " , a merger of its five previous organizations into a conventional rank structure . |
| 41 | The Squadron had been the first to receive the Lancaster in December 1941 , and W/C d'Arcy , the Squadron 's commander , was anxious to find a Lancaster for display at Waddington as a reminder of the unit 's close association with the type . |
| 42 | Gingrich had been the first to lay formal charges which had led to the resignation on June 6 of the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Jim Wright [ see p. 36650 ] , and it was widely believed that his own investigation had been initiated in revenge in April by Representative Bill Alexander ( Dem. , Arkansas ) who on Oct. 26 filed new charges against Gingrich for alleged misuse of campaign funds and of congressional stationery . |
| 43 | ( Romania had been the first country to recognise Moldavan independence , followed by Georgia and Lithuania . ) |
| 44 | When Penguin New Writing began to incorporate photogravure illustrations in 1942 , Vaughan had been the first contemporary artist to have his work reproduced . |
| 45 | XSoft claims InConcert is the first product of its kind to manage people and work process in an organisation-wide setting with multivendor software and platform compatibility . |
| 46 | Mum , Frankie and Liza had been the first to go , before Dad saw them . |
| 47 | Greece had been the first EEC ‘ associate ’ member in 1962 and had already reduced tariffs and harmonised agricultural policies with the Community . |
| 48 | Since 1979 , the economic crisis has devastated employment opportunities ; following the world-wide pattern , women have been the first to lose their jobs . |
| 49 | True , local business is not entirely absent but on the whole , foreign operators have been the first to benefit . |
| 50 | In the West at least people have identified with a threatened world and the pressure groups have been the first instruments of that identification . |
| 51 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 52 | Although his party has been the first of the smaller satellite parties to adopt a more independent role , Mr Gerlach , aged 61 , clearly felt that he too may not survive the popular anger . |
| 53 | Although his party has been the first of the smaller satellite parties to adopt a more independent role , Mr Gerlach , aged 61 , clearly felt that he too may not survive the popular anger . |
| 54 | Although his party has been the first of the smaller satellite parties to adopt a more independent role , Mr Gerlach , aged 61 , clearly felt that he too may not be able to survive the revolutionary climate of popular anger . |
| 55 | The roaming agreement , which the operator says is the first of several to be signed this year , already enables Swiss users to call into the region of France that extends from south of Auxerre in northern Burgundy to Marseille and Nice . |
| 56 | His son John had been the first editor of The Stopfordian in 1929 . |
| 57 | Charlotte had been the first to make the connection ; her eyes lit with a spark of alert intelligence which was meant as a communication , and as briefly acknowledged by a warning flicker of George 's glance in her direction . |
| 58 | Property developers have been the first to suffer , with credit lines cut off , interest costs rising and prices beginning to slip . |