Example sentences of "what be [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so you carry on , with what is probably the first conversation that person has had for weeks . |
| 2 | Seventy years later the treaty of 1718 between the Emperor Charles VI and the Dutch republic , which fixed the boundaries of their territories in the southern Netherlands , provides what is probably the first example of a frontier being defined not merely in the text of a treaty but also on a map attached to it . |
| 3 | Hannah Glasse 's book , The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy was first published in 1747 in the 1751 edition appears what is possibly the first English printed recipe for an ice cream . |
| 4 | I offer the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) my heartfelt thanks for giving what is almost the first straight answer that I have ever extracted from him . |
| 5 | He outlined the long connections of the New River Head site back to early in the 17th century when what was probably the first privatised water company was established by James I ( VI of Scotland ) . |
| 6 | Left : Title-page of what was probably the first book printed in Chester . |