Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] as the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | On going down from Newnham , she was appointed as the first principal of Cambridge Training College , formed with the purpose of training university women to teach in girls ' secondary schools . |
| 2 | They were to act as the first stage in settling disputes , and there would be " no stoppage of work until any difference or dispute had been referred to them or if necessary to the District or National Board as circumstances may require " . |
| 3 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 4 | What set Sadler apart from his contemporaries and rivals in Britain and France , was that he was acknowledged as the first to consciously apply science , to aerostation . |
| 5 | In 1970 he was appointed as the first honorary consul in Scotland for the republic of Turkey , a post in which his understanding and knowledge of the country was of great help to those in need . |
| 6 | In 1906 he became university lecturer in palaeography , in 1920 he received a Cambridge Litt.D. , in 1925 he served as Sandars reader in bibliography , and in 1927 he was elected as the first full-time Disney professor of archaeology . |