Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because in sentence ( 1a ) the referent for the pronoun they is provided within the first clause , whereas it does not become available until the beginning of the second clause in sentence ( 1b ) . |
| 2 | It is conceived as the first step towards a written constitution for the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Only in this case Italians do not want to stop the flood — on the contrary , it is seen as the first real chance to clean out the corruption which is endemic in the system . |
| 4 | It is given to the first child , through no fault of its own , to disrupt what has been an exclusive , reciprocal relationship as no subsequent child has power to do . |
| 5 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 6 | The oral shield is rounded with an acute proximal angle , it is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 7 | It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 8 | It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 9 | He/she must not only offer an accurate description of the death-like oppressiveness of the capitalist world as it is developing in the first half of the twentieth century , but must also depict accurately and without facile romanticism or glib sentimentality , the angry and determined political struggle of men and women refusing to acquiesce to the oppressive forces of capitalist society . |
| 10 | Although it is scattered throughout the idealised version , in the original version it is confined to the first half of the story . |
| 11 | Not only does the house contain one of the most interesting ‘ collections of collections ’ , but it is surrounded by the first pleasure garden to be run entirely organically in the National Trust . |
| 12 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |
| 13 | It is considered of the first importance that young persons should receive correct and permanent impressions on this subject and to assist in securing that object it is intended to exhibit a model of a SLAVE SHIP which was recently captured upon the coast of Africa . |
| 14 | Here the use of the definite article with ‘ driver ’ seems quite appropriate , even though he is mentioned for the first time . |