Example sentences of "first of a new [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robinson was the first of a new generation of supporters of Paisleyism . |
| 2 | The first of a new generation of strong-motion seismic data-acquisition systems has been developed , and commissioned at Hunterston power station for Scottish Nuclear . |
| 3 | He was the first of a new generation of writers who sought to repair the post-Conquest destruction of earlier pieties and observances by steady persistence in re-creating the past . |
| 4 | ‘ The 17m prototype , FAB 3 , is undergoing the most rigorous sea trials which will continue until we can be completely satisfied that she is in every way suitable to become the first of a new generation of fast All-weather lifeboats . |
| 5 | Although it is modest compared with the major producing fields , it has great significance as one of the first of a new generation of small fields to use the processing facilities offered by another field operator . |
| 6 | Ford say this is the first of a new generation of cars . |
| 7 | These babies are to be the first of a new kind of missile , powered by life . |
| 8 | In the first of a new series on multi-activities Henry Druce gets high on paragliding |
| 9 | The first of a new series of annual reports on attitudes , values and beliefs , Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland is based on detailed interviews carried out with a large and representative sample of adults , and presents exacting analyses of their opinions on a wide range of issues — including national identity , law and order , discrimination , the role of women , morality , poverty and AIDS . |
| 10 | ‘ I think of myself as a social worker ’ , he says , in the first of a new series of Inside Story : Immoral Earnings ( BBC1 , 9.30pm ) . |
| 11 | The first of a new family of drugs based on the leech has been developed thanks to a key piece of understanding provided by Huber 's team at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany . |
| 12 | Taking a leaf out of NCR Corp 's book of strategies , Unisys Corp will next week unveil the first of a new line of highly configurable Intel Corp and EISA-based personal computers that , with few if any changes , will magically turn into Unix-run workstations and entry-level servers early in the second quarter . |
| 13 | He suspected that if he were to walk into the newsroom and make an arrest there would be only a momentary gasp before someone was out with the first of a new crop of jokes . |