Example sentences of "as its first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | gains its independence with Robert Mugabe as its first prime minister . |
| 2 | In 1880 he was seconded to the Royal Botanic Gardens , Kew , as its first cryptogamic botanist , and redoubled his mycological studies , publishing , among much else , his monumental eight-volume Illustrations of British Fungi ( 1881–91 ) . |
| 3 | Yorkshire County Cricket Club will sign Sachin Tendulkar , 18 , the Indian Test batsman , as its first overseas player today . |
| 4 | This was not enough ; he pursued with renewed vigour his ideal of a qualifying body and , following many meetings of kindred enthusiasts , the Institution of Chemical Engineers was incorporated on 21 December 1922 , with Hinchley as its first honorary secretary . |
| 5 | X-terminal house Network Computing Devices has picked Arrow Electronics as its first national distributor in the US . |