Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 2 | And if I think you were to read the first two pages of his autobiography , there 's a dedicatory verse on another page , I ca n't help feeling that you will agree with me that , in a , there 's something embarrassing about them . |
| 3 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 4 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 5 | Either you consider that the County Farms are playing a role set down by law and supported over the years of an , which no other authority and no other body in the country can provide , and which is a socially valuable role , and that is to provide the first step in farming , and clearly they do . |
| 6 | Its aim is to provide the first comprehensive study of childhood injuries in the district and form the basis of an accident prevention drive . |
| 7 | A mnemonic for this phenomenon is to set the first and second fingers and thumb of the left hand at right angles to one another . |
| 8 | A simple proof is to cross the first fingers of your two hands , one at 30 inch range , the other at 15 inches . |
| 9 | A sensible compromise is to use the first method for longer photo-stories and to add a sticky label to the photograph giving outline details and the source and to use the second method for short captions . |
| 10 | His advice is to study the first four pages of the explanatory booklet carefully , particularly paragraph six — action to take now . |
| 11 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 12 | Du Pont is to build the first hydrofluorocarbon ( HFC ) -125 plant on a commercial scale at Deepwater , NJ . |
| 13 | To return to the problem of how to continue the theme after the first phrase is formed : the simplest solution is to repeat the first phrase exactly as it is . |
| 14 | Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble . |
| 15 | The basic way in which these c.c.d. lines operate is to have the first capacitor connected to the input so that it samples the input voltage . |
| 16 | The easiest way of proceeding is to have the first row as YYYYNNNN , the second row as YYNNYYNN and the final row as YNYNYNYN . |
| 17 | a subject committee is in place to assist the development of the initiative and the intention is to have the first cohort of students enter the programme in Autumn 1993 . |
| 18 | International Data Group 's WorldExpo Corp is to sponsor the first SunWorld Expo in Japan this week at the huge Makuhari Convention Center outside Tokyo . |
| 19 | Indeed , to combine a noun with a verb , he says , ‘ is to take the first step toward narrative ’ ( 1969 : 84 ) . |
| 20 | Move the cursor onto the first letter of the word which is to become the first letter of the new paragraph . |
| 21 | His next target is to become the first player to reach 2,000 points for the Welsh All Blacks . |
| 22 | ASDA 's superstore in Rawtenstall , Lancashire is to become the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and , following lengthy negotiations , a terminal is to be installed in the Royal Victoria Shopping Centre in Tunbridge Wells . |
| 23 | Surrey County Council is to become the first local authority to sign the Peatland Protection Charter , and to commit itself to the phasing out of the use of peat in the council 's public parks , gardens and other landscaping activities . |
| 24 | The Open Software Foundation is to reveal the first snapshot of its Distributed Management Environment architecture after its members meeting in Munich on the 13th . |
| 25 | BORIS Yeltsin is to make the first official visit to Britain by a Russian president in November . |
| 26 | The list is not definitive and must be adapted to the circumstances : ( 1 ) What is the balance sheet date and , if appropriate , what period is the profit and loss account to cover ? ( 2 ) Who is to prepare the first draft of the completion accounts ? ( 3 ) On what basis are the accounts to be prepared and what form are they to take ? ( 4 ) What is the mechanism for the other party to agree or dispute the draft accounts ? ( 5 ) What if the parties can not agree ? |
| 27 | Moxon 's first revised plan was to continue the first innings on 317 for seven but he then decided to declare in an attempt to bowl out Somerset twice . |
| 28 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |
| 29 | Osbern 's next service to the revival of the old observances after his return from Bec was to write the first coherent Life of Dunstan . |
| 30 | One of the earliest projects was to create the first out-patient clinic at St Stephen 's Hospital in London . |