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

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1 Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less .
2 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
3 Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
4 Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike .
5 It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters .
6 Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 .
7 Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input .
8 Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks .
9 Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices .
10 It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses .
11 Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system .
12 ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’
13 Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries .
14 Providing something that is high on most corporate users ' wish lists , Hewlett-Packard Co has come up with an SQL-based interface that can read and update data in a non-relational network database , and reckons it is the first vendor to do so .
15 Sun will claim it 's the first machine capable of running an entire database out of main memory .
16 Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project .
17 ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’
18 Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue .
19 Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms .
20 I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know
21 NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers .
22 Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house .
23 I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on !
24 Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest .
25 Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort .
26 Microport thinks it is the first Unix Labs licensee to make the compiler available in shrinkwrapped form .
27 Microport thinks it is the first USL licensee to make the compiler available in shrinkwrapped form .
28 I think it 's the first birdie I 've made there for about nine years , ’ he said .
29 I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean .
30 Think it 's the first one or second one .
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