Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 2 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 3 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 4 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 5 | Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots . |
| 6 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 7 | When you are doing the first draft , label as many points on the axes as possible . |
| 8 | Digital Equipment France SA and Paris 's showpiece impressionist museum , the converted railway station Musee d'Orsay , has been demonstrating the first piece of their collaboration on a worthy prototype application of multimedia technology , ‘ Learn to See . ’ |
| 9 | Two officers are examining the first floor right now ; there is some ivy . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 11 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 12 | It has a claim to be considered the first court school of the Middle Ages . |
| 13 | On July 22nd , this summer he 'll be opening the first Sudeley summer festival in the grounds of Sudeley Castle . |
| 14 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 15 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 16 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 17 | Wreaking havoc : could Camberley be suffering the first invasion of delinquent teenage toads ? |
| 18 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 19 | From May 16 — 29 , however , he will be hosting the first session of amatory writing courses at the European Centre for Holistic Studies on the Greek island of Skyros — very apt for someone preoccupied with sex , death and the Oedipus complex . |
| 20 | Abbreviations , symbols , units and greek letters should be identified the first time they are used . |
| 21 | Christie 's on 15 April will be offering the first part of one of the most famous private armouries ( or Gewehrkammer ) to remain in Germany . |
| 22 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 23 | She has won prizes for ( drama/music/essay-writing/cookery/coming top of her class in school , been awarded the first grade in music/drama , studied nursing/teaching/ballet/ice-skating/ French and management/ interviewing/ accounting , learned how to drive/ski/sail/swim/dance/surf/ , followed her interests in travelling/bridge-playing/ opera/the orchestra/film and reading science fiction/ historical novels/biographies , as well as finding time to raise money for charity/do voluntary work with handicapped children/attend church functions regularly/ design clothes/paint/draw and to help in her family 's shop/business/company/restaurant . |
| 24 | With a ground capacity of 6,000 , the intention is to make it an all-ticket match , with members being given the first option . |
| 25 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 26 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 27 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 28 | So if we were talking about the Middle Ages we had Gregorian chants , or if we were doing the First World War we had First-world-war songs . |
| 29 | Her plans were overthrown the first day when the president requested that she should be chaplain . |
| 30 | While such behaviour can not be condoned , an occasional show of controlled passion from England 's bowlers would not have gone amiss on the same ground when Australia were winning the first Test . |