Example sentences of "[prep] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Class 313 units are also used on the suburban service between Euston and Watford Junction , to which service fell the honour of being the first line to be given a NSE total route refurbishment programme and branded ‘ Harlequin' . |
| 2 | UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector . |
| 3 | Nicknamed ‘ Alpha ’ , she has the distinction of being the first woman , Regular or TA , to gain the coveted Provost Marshal 's Gold Whistle award for being top on her recruits ' course . |
| 4 | He has the distinction of being among Britain 's 100 richest men , and also of being the first man to be kicked out of Lloyd 's — in 1982 for ‘ discreditable conduct ’ . |
| 5 | All three of the above were in the House of Lords when they formed their ministries , so the distinction of being the first elected politician with a K to become Prime Minister is still available . |
| 6 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday described lifting the Rumbelows Cup as the proudest moment of his life , then suggested the honour of being the first Manchester United captain to do so should have gone to Bryan Robson . |
| 7 | When the Company 's lease expired in 1892 , Lancaster 's services as manager were retained , thus giving him the distinction of being the first electric street tramway Manager , and upon his death the longest-serving . |
| 8 | Another goal by Newcastle completed Arsenal 's fall between the two stools of Cup and League , and gave United the distinction of being the first team to win a Cup final after being a goal down . |
| 9 | It was on an overseas tour with Newcastle that Gallacher earned the dubious notoriety of being the first player to be accused of being drunk in charge of a football . |
| 10 | Lawrence McGinty , late of these pages and now science 's man on Channel 4 's news programme — had the indignity of being the first to be ejected from the balloon . |
| 11 | ‘ The honour was accorded the poor debtors of being the first to enter the place of worship ’ , he said . |
| 12 | Trafalgar came within a hair 's breadth of being the first company to be taken to court by the Financial Reporting Review Panel last year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November , p 10 ) . |
| 13 | The Revenue is centralising its cases on this point at claims branch and of course the value to the Revenue of fighting these cases is far greater than the value to individual taxpayers ; on the other hand , the financial risk for the individual taxpayer of being the first to take such a case before the Special Commissioners or higher , would be extremely high . |
| 14 | For a period of his twenty year tenure , he served with 55 Squadron at Baghdad in the mid-1920s and , as related by his son Thomas , earned the distinction of being the first non-commissioned airman in the RAF to receive a commission during peace-time . |
| 15 | This acclaimed the accolade of being the first steam locomotive on the railway ! |
| 16 | Born in Oxford , Sadler lived from 1751 to 1828 and has the distinction of being the first English-born ‘ aeronaut ’ . |
| 17 | Gibbs-Heaviside eventually won as regards applicability but the quaternions have the honour of being the first to demonstrate the existence of consistent number systems not satisfying the commutative law of multiplication . |
| 18 | In many markets , however , the identity of the firm initiating a price change may vary over time , possibly to avoid the impression that there is a price leader , or to spread more equitably the unpopularity of being the first firm to raise prices . |
| 19 | Mark Frame had the honour of being the first British member of the Bureau . |
| 20 | With ‘ Come gentle swains ’ ( xxiv ) Cavendish has the distinction of being the first composer to introduce into a printed collection the English refrain which three years later concluded every composition in Morley 's collection dedicated to Elizabeth I , The Triumphs of Oriana ( 1601 ) : then sang the shepherds and nimphes of Diana Long live faire Oriana . |
| 21 | William Dale claims the honour of being the first to reproduce it accurately in his Tschudi the harpsichord maker of 1913 : previous reproductions were so murky as almost to obliterate the harpsichord . |
| 22 | He enjoys still the odd distinction of being the first person to take a soil sample at what later became the NATO headquarters at Mönchen Gladbach . |
| 23 | Maureen has the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the Officer Board to a position other than Women 's Special Representative . |
| 24 | I had the privilege of being the first Secretary of State for the Environment when we combined the Ministry of Public Works , the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Transport . |
| 25 | The Lions fell behind after 10 minutes before centre Jeremy Guscott had the distinction of being the first Lions ' scorer of the tour in the 24th minute . |
| 26 | A wonderful old charabanc — a 1935 Guy Wolf — was chosen to lead the way and have the honour of being the first official vehicle to use the road . |
| 27 | THE Northern Echo had the honour of being the first newspaper available on CD-Rom . |
| 28 | The honour of being the first Hearts player to captain Scotland since Dave Mackay in the Fifties was tarnished for Craig Levein when he gifted Germany the opening goal of the game after 19 minutes . |
| 29 | But she is conscious of being the first contact customers and suppliers have with the company and of the need to keep cool under fire . |
| 30 | She is very proud of being the first person ever to sit on her ; Pauline broke the pony and the two have done all the training since , with professional help in the later stages from instructor Mal Kendall . |