Example sentences of "first in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 2 | ‘ Adults have always come first in tennis clubs , ’ says Lawson . |
| 3 | Rugby Union : Cardiff first in firing line |
| 4 | Do n't forget to say you saw it first in Ski survey , February/March issue 1991 ! |
| 5 | The holder of a double First in Law from Trinity Hall , Cambridge , his posts have included Solicitor with Slaughter & May ; Legal Assistant to the Secretary , Assistant Group Secretary and Divisional Secretary , British Aircraft Corporation ; Company Secretary and Group Administration Director , Debenhams ; and Director , Litigation and Advisory Department , British Telecom . |
| 6 | He had been a scholar at Winchester and at Magdalen , where he gained a First in Law and got his Blue for cricket . |
| 7 | The second day 's trek mirrored the first in difficulty . |
| 8 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |
| 9 | His war service after Cambridge , where he was an exhibitioner at Gonville and Caius College and gained a first in English , pointed the way to his future career . |
| 10 | A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English . |
| 11 | He gained a First in English at Cambridge and was a cricket blue . |
| 12 | He was educated at Madras University , where he took a first in English , and Trinity Hall , Cambridge , where he gained firsts in both Natural Sciences and Law . |
| 13 | He returned the following year to complete the qualifications for a First in English and a Second in Greek . |
| 14 | In the scene that precedes the scuffle that results in Otto 's death , Isabella has to lose her temper and scream at her husband , first in English , then in German . |
| 15 | SGI , which Dataquest ranks as first in service among workstation vendors already , is also beta testing the latter . |
| 16 | I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class . |
| 17 | These are powerful controls , and Hartke recommend using them first in order to set up the initial sound . |
| 18 | After placing black as first in order , the program continues to read this line of squares . |
| 19 | Often it is easier to shape and mould the individual pieces before the whole is glued up , but sometimes , where the mouldings run across joints , it is better to glue up , or at least assemble the part first in order to get a neat run of the moulding over the joint . |
| 20 | However , despite a wealth of fascinating data , she was unable to untangle the causal sequence and be sure about what came first in order to conclude when and how support had been protective . |
| 21 | The north works will close first in order that they can put his whole assembly process over in the Body Plant and that has major implications . |
| 22 | Lord Baldwin 's generosity was well rewarded as Georg gained a double First in Mathematics in 1942 and went into research for the Admiralty . |
| 23 | He obtained a second class in literae humaniores and a first in mathematics in 1822 . |
| 24 | Publication paved the way for an exciting tour of lectures , in the UK , New Zealand and her native Australia , culminating in the award at Sydney University — where she graduated with a double first in mathematics and physics in 1939 . |
| 25 | This information , together with the associated parts lists , is the information needed first in manufacturing departments to allow them to plan their contribution to the project . |
| 26 | This information , together with the associated parts lists , is the information needed first in manufacturing departments to allow them to plan their contribution to the project . |
| 27 | Studied at Trinity College of Music , London and won a First in Music at Newton Park ( Bath ) . |
| 28 | At that time he also maintained a large London house , at first in South Kensington , later in Eaton Square . |
| 29 | The fact that lapis lazuli seems to have appeared first in north Mesopotamia rather than south argues that the Sumerians got their supplies by way of Iran rather than by the Indus and the sea route . |
| 30 | The Clwyd Social Services ' Bryn Tirion nursery , Henllan , is thought to be the first in North Wales to use only environmentally-friendly products in all its work . |