Example sentences of "[noun] made [pos pn] first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mond made his first steps in the business that would one day help form ICI , by finding better ways to make ‘ soda ash , ’ sodium carbonate .
2 The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884 .
3 ON THIS DAY : In 1903 , the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the Kitty Hawk .
4 Sgt. Deacon made his first sortie in V3978 , seeing five CR 42s , but being unable to engage these .
5 Graf Zeppelin made its first flight in 1928 , the Hindenburg in 1936 .
6 It was about this time that Wynne made her first contact with Lars Carstensen and links were forged with Carita House , who have supplied so much of our equipment and clothing over the past 25 years .
7 The Sydney made its first flight on July 18 , 1930 painted silver overall , but on emerging from Blackburn 's works the following October N241 was in battleship grey finish .
8 However , it was in the second League match after the war that Graham made his first claim to a place ( albeit an unfortunate one ) in Palace 's record-book .
9 Binks Bullows made its first sale to a company in north-east England called Moorlight , which made fluorescent lamp fittings .
10 Ipswich made their first substitution after 75 minutes when Whelan came on for Bozinoski .
11 BOBBY MOORE made his first appearance for England against Peru in 1962 .
12 Paula made her first appearance at the Playhouse and in Liverpool 15 years ago in JB .
13 Nonesuch the magazine made its first appearance in 1911 .
14 CARDIFF dealers in BMWs Wyndham made their first sales within hours of the Chancellor 's announcement .
15 The government made its first attempt at formulating a national curriculum framework in the consultative document A Framework for the School Curriculum ( 1980 ) .
16 In 1875 Tosti made his first visit to London , and after this returned every year to the city , where he became very popular in fashionable circles .
17 It was during this season that Chapman made his first visit to Highbury , the new home of the newly-relegated Arsenal .
18 In the Officers ' Mess Bill made his first acquaintance of a kind of Senior Common Room .
19 After Ahlquist made his first observations on the alpha and beta receptors , and before they had any practical development , another series of drugs appeared which , somewhat unexpectedly , contributed to the treatment of hypertension .
20 The Exeter canal remained the only one of its kind for almost two hundred years , until James Brindley made his first canal for the Duke of Bridgewater in 1760 .
21 Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel made his first visit to Bulgaria on April 6 to sign a 10-year friendship and co-operation treaty .
22 In Britain the Foreign Office List made its first appearance in 1852 , while France began to produce its Annuaire Diplomatique from 1858 .
23 It was designated the " Falcon 30 " and powered by two Lycoming ALF 502D turbo-fan engines made its first flight on 11 May 73 .
24 Police were anxious to avoid the ugly scenes when the two boys made their first appearance in court nine days ago .
25 Those with long memories may recall that the Solo made its first appearance at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show , but that was only a mock-up prototype .
26 ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot made his first claim on Malta for one shot down — a Ju87 in flames — and a second of these as a probable .
27 The euro-commercial paper ( ECP ) market made its first appearance in the early 1970s .
28 In 1618 James made his first move in Somerset .
29 It was there , too , that John Whitaker 's challenge ended when Next Milton made his first mistake of the show .
30 Also in 1875 Townsend made his first tour to the Continent ; throughout his life he made regular visits to Europe , especially to northern Italy , where he developed a lifelong interest in architectural mosaics .
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