Example sentences of "a [noun sg] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except in cases of oxygen starvation , when the biggest fish in a pond are the first to succumb , it is the tiddlers that react worst to poor water quality , bacterial or parasitic problems . |
| 2 | The larger transnationals commonly train key staff at headquarters ( usually US and European ) and for some , a job in the factory of such a parent is the first step in a global career . |
| 3 | The author of a work is the first owner of the copyright in the work . |
| 4 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 5 | FORGET THE first record they ever bought , the real test of a band is the first record they ever made . |
| 6 | A pencil is the first prerequisite , so that the inevitable errors can be rubbed out ; softer leads need sharpening more often but stand out better . |
| 7 | a widow is the first line of a paragraph left alone at the foot of a page and an orphan is the last line of a paragraph carried over to the top of a new page . |
| 8 | Siemens and Halske , the famous electrical firm set up in 1847 , got its first capital from a cousin ; a brother was the first salaried employee and nothing was more natural than that the three brothers Werner , Carl and William should take charge respectively of the Berlin , St Petersburg and London branches . |
| 9 | The price alterations are a study in themselves , an example being the First Return from Craven Arms to Eaton , the original fare perhaps dating from the last century , crossed out and altered by some unfortunate clerk , by gas light , with a fine nib pen and a bottle of railway ink. , round about 1915 . |