be first
Example Sentences
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Baroness Campbell, former Football Association director of women's football, said it was "tragic" that women's football could be first to be affected.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
He had bet it all to be first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Final repositories are being built in other countries, including neighbouring Sweden and France, but Finland is expected to be first to open an underground storage solution.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Other than John Swinney, there is really only one leader who has consistently put their name forward to be first minister - Labour's Anas Sarwar.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The trend line pointed to a future of intense and expensive competition among academic institutions to be first with high-priced research apparatus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
