1.   But Aggie was first among equals.

2.   Competition between very clever people to be first with the best answers yields the progress on which technological improvement depends.

3.   Ellet had been first on the scene, and that gave him a considerable advantage over his ponderous rival.

4.   How there is rivalry, a desire to be first, but played out within established rules of conduct.

5.   I wanted to be first in the queue when the doors opened.

6.   It must also strive to be first with the news, especially that emanating from within its national boundaries.

7.   Mr Magic was first past the post.

8.   Particularly when programs are first starting out, these kinds of written arrangements help establish the ground rules.

9.   There is a keen battle between these two to be first into their home port of Auckland.

10.   This is when likes and dislikes of others are first expressed.