Below you will find example sentences with "first choice". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Choice in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: choice
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.9 words

Words in this phrase

first choice

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • choice can mean: An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

is the first choice to play 2× affect your first choice 1× as their first choice are guaranteed 1× captain making first choice may either 1× cause your first choice to lose 1× choice and first choice liquor market 1× final or first choice of a 1× indicate your first choice by writing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all students who 1× ballots where a 1× before the resumption 1× coles supermarkets liquorland 1× i suspect they 1× it wasn t 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new study 1× choice is dead 1× choice to lose 1× for the city 1× four test series 1× from the pen 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

captain 5× play 4× new 4× half 3× given 3× wasn 3× ballot 3× final 2× zendaya 2× younger 2× ronnie 2× spector 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

first cause first black first bet first battle first base first attempt

Just after it in the phrase index:

first class first debate first defendant first degree first down first edition

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

critics choice preferred choice

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first choice" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as is the first choice to play, affect your first choice, captain, play and new stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady and first round, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first choice

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

With IRV, indicating a second choice will never affect your first choice. (12 words)

Being the second choice for a starring role in a movie when the first choice is dead. (17 words)

The first exhibitor that is drawn got the steer that was their first choice from the pen. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The captain making first choice may either choose a) to kick off or receive the kick and the beginning of the half, or b) which direction of the field to play in. The remaining choice is given to the opposing captain. (41 words)

Coles supermarkets, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, First Choice and First Choice Liquor Market stores across Melbourne will not admit new customers from 7.30pm and close at 7.45pm in response to the Victorian government's new curfew for the city. (40 words)

While not all voting members will fill in the ballot past their first choice, those down-ballot votes become key should none of the four candidates secure the required 50 per cent of the vote on the first ballot. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Before the resumption of play in the second half, the captain that did not have first choice in the first half is given first choice.

I suspect they’ll go first choice of a semi-final or first choice of a quarter-final, and they’ll be hoping that England go through that far.

Coles supermarkets, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, First Choice and First Choice Liquor Market stores across Melbourne will not admit new customers from 7.30pm and close at 7.45pm in response to the Victorian government's new curfew for the city.

Zendaya is the first choice to play a younger Ronnie Spector in an upcoming biopic Zendaya is the first choice to play a younger Ronnie Spector in an upcoming biopic about The Ronettes star.

The captain of the team winning the coin toss is given the option of having first choice, or of deferring first choice to the other captain.

You indicate your first choice by writing ’1′ opposite that candidate and ’2′ opposite your second choice, and so on.

Being the second choice for a starring role in a movie when the first choice is dead.

He's not necessarily the first choice or the best choice but you make do with what you've got.

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While Nick was surprised by ABC's choice to cast Colton as next star, Ben said he was going to be surprised if Colton wasn't producers' first choice.

The captain making first choice may either choose a) to kick off or receive the kick and the beginning of the half, or b) which direction of the field to play in. The remaining choice is given to the opposing captain.

With Condorcet voting, it is possible that indicating a second choice will cause your first choice to lose.

With IRV, indicating a second choice will never affect your first choice.

Ballots where a voter mistakenly didn’t select a first choice but did pick candidates for their second, third, fourth, and other choices were “suspended,” meaning they were set aside and not counted in the first round.

But he has travelled with the squad today with first choice striker Rasmus Hojlund sidelined and is in line to feature for his new club for the first time.

While not all voting members will fill in the ballot past their first choice, those down-ballot votes become key should none of the four candidates secure the required 50 per cent of the vote on the first ballot.

All students who put the University of Surrey down as their first choice are guaranteed a room in university accommodation in their first year.

It wasn’t her first choice of in-flight movie en route to Christchurch but Bassett said she needed to watch it before the first match in their four-Test series.

The first exhibitor that is drawn got the steer that was their first choice from the pen.

After the had its misfortunate brush with an iceberg, the ship’s telegraph operator sent out the message “SOS,” but it wasn’t his first choice.

All this being said, it seems like Louisianians' first choice for a pick-me-up is no longer coffee according to a new study.

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