Example sentences of "[adv] be the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if this colt was beaten today , he would certainly not be the first winter favourite for a Classic to flop first time out as a three-year-old . |
| 2 | He will not be the first cabinet secretary to sell this line of being a decent person savaged by a three-headed Cerberus in the White House . |
| 3 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 4 | Indeed good managers not only keep work stress levels down for their staff but can also be the first check point for employee stress . |
| 5 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 6 | Appointments have been made to the Directorship of the School and to the newly established Peter Moores Professorship of Management Studies ( the holder of which will also be the first Academic Director of the School ) , and arrangements are being made to fill a Readership in Management Studies ( the holder of which will also be the first MBA Director ) . |
| 7 | This may well be the first fusion process used in a reactor , but there can also be fusion between deuterons alone or between deuterons and nuclei of helium-3 . |
| 8 | On the erm there wo n't be the first aid room over the we 're looking to move that to the first floor . |
| 9 | Here 's the first ascent description : |
| 10 | Forget all preconceptions of a wise-cracking booby whose lifestyle resembles a cross between Hugh Hefner and Ghostbusters — here is the first Bond book ( no sequel was planned ) that supports with expert plotting , deft characterization and breathtaking cruelty Fleming 's claim to be a major exponent of the spy novel genre . |