Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 The volume of business with overseas customers improved in the fourth quarter of 1991 and the recovery is expected to continue into the first quarter of this year .
2 To understand how compliance is secured requires in the first place an appreciation of the means by which pollution may be defined , identified , and raised as a matter requiring the intervention of the pollution control agency .
3 The end of the coding region is indicated by a U. Translation is shown initiating at the first methionine at nucleotide 76 .
4 InterBase 3.2 with support for Japanese , including Kanji and Kana , is scheduled to ship in the first half of next year .
5 Their call is timed to coincide with the first European Day for disabled people .
6 Their call is timed to coincide with the first European Day for disabled people .
7 The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months .
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