Example sentences of "[noun pl] be the [num ord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stringencies built into the economy are serious disadvantages and salutary disciplines : Soviet designers are the last to confuse the most advanced solution with the most effective one . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They both looked up as she entered , but Piers was the first to speak . |
| 5 | The trials are the first to show an effect of prophylactic vitamin A supplementation on morbidity or mortality in Africa . |
| 6 | Consequently these areas are the first to exhibit extra fat and the last to actually reduce . |
| 7 | Directors need to make swift , well-informed decisions to ensure that their companies are the first to react and are able to grow at their competitors ' expense . |
| 8 | We will never in any circumstances be the first to use force . " |
| 9 | They will never and under any circumstances be the first to use armed force against each other or against third states … |
| 10 | THE visitors were the first to threaten danger as Swifts looked to get onto a winning run , but from a right wing cross Douglas shot over when well placed . |
| 11 | Scandinavian countries were the first to have to close waterways because of poisoning problems and now Britain has a potential crisis . |
| 12 | These approvals are the first to come forward under the transitional arrangements the Government set up to cover RECHAR in the 1992–93 financial year . |
| 13 | The petals are the last to go on as these will fade and die quickly if a start is made too soon . |
| 14 | The yews were the last to lose their identity , they were little notes of blackness . |
| 15 | We all gathered in an area where a bar had been arranged , the house party guests being the last to arrive . |
| 16 | ‘ Our machines are the first to produce high-quality images on 100 per cent cotton , and non-toxic , durable , images on mugs . ’ |
| 17 | Yesterday 's figures are the first to include statistics on trade with the EC since the single market came into force at the start of the year . |
| 18 | Inventories prove , for example , that turnips were a successful field crop long before Viscount Townshend , that the Cheshire cheese industry was flourishing by the seventeenth century , that Lancastrian and Cumbrian farmers were the first to grow potatoes on a significant scale and that many Pennine hill-farmers relied upon the local markets for their bread corn and malt , for they grew no cereals at all . |
| 19 | The bricklayers were the first to leave , followed by the tarmac gang and the plasterers . |
| 20 | When she set the boxes in front of the teenagers , drawing out the bright shirts and linen trousers , the girls were the first to come forward . |
| 21 | Scottish members were the first to take advantage of this development but others were not far behind . |
| 22 | The League 's five Maghreb members were the first to announce that they would be sending representation at ambassadorial level only ( instead of foreign ministers ) . |
| 23 | NERC scientists were the first to discover the hole in the ozone layer , and have played a key role in UN-backed climate change research . |
| 24 | It seems to have been invented by Exekias , and there are a few late black figure and early red-figure examples , but Euphronios is the first to make it a regular vehicle for major work . |
| 25 | The ducks were the first to find a surprise . |
| 26 | The 1989 Autumn Statement and the 1990/91 Expenditure Plans were the first to use a new definition of the planning total . |
| 27 | ‘ It actually improves the quality of life , even for people not connected with angling , because anglers are the first to tackle pollution . |
| 28 | Our results are the first to show , in vivo , that the release of neurotransmitter aminoacids occurs in the conscious human brain during seizures . |
| 29 | Today 's numbers are the first to include statistics on trade with the EC since the single market came into force at the start of the year . |
| 30 | The new modules are the first to emanate from OSF 's Request for Technology issued last summer for the supply of components to the next generation of its user interface , UEC II ( UX No 399 ) . |