Example sentences of "be chosen for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Thorpe , unlucky not to be chosen for the first Test against Australia , issued a timely reminder to the England selectors with an unbeaten 90 as Surrey struggled against joint championship leaders Glamorgan at the Oval . |
| 2 | Eventually three were chosen for the first investigation — the products of Bacillus subtilis , Pseudomonas pyocyanea , and Penicillium notatum . |
| 3 | According to Advanced Micro , the 210 has proven such a popular architecture that it has been chosen for the first speed and power upgrades . |
| 4 | Jaq imagined arcane astromantic calculations and perversions of Tarot divination — conducted by Carnelian , the Tarot-sneak ? — before this planet was chosen for the first emergence of the entity . |
| 5 | He was chosen for the first match but had to drop out with food poisoning . |