Example sentences of "[be] the first [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Randalstown club came ever so close to taking the title for the first time , and had they done so they arguably would have been the first second division club to win Ireland 's blue riband team championship . |
| 2 | And if I may Mr chairman , something that 's happened in the last few days , that 's er evident that er the been the first satellite survey in this country ever which is now beginning to show to the nation , just in fact the damage that roads have been doing and that there 's in fact now some suggestion from government that they may be rethinking some elements of these roads , because the environmental impact has not really been taken into account as effectively before . |
| 3 | Malcolm stoically prevented what would have been the first Test hat-trick in England since 1960 , but soon became Waqar 's record 22nd wicket of the series , leaving Smith a gallant 84 not out in four hours of great determination , to finish on the high note upon which he started the series , since which there had been much disappointment . |
| 4 | He had swiftly risen to prominence during student demonstrations in favour of a multiparty system in Tirana in December 1990 , and the DP had that month been the first opposition party to be formed [ see p. 37924 ] . |
| 5 | Those who were approached would almost certainly have included Trevor Glover of Penguin ( who as a former president of the Australian Book Publishers Association offered unique experience to the post ) , Paula Hahn of Longman ( who , if she had accepted , would have been the first woman president in the PA 's history ) , Simon Masters of Random House , John Clement of Chambers , Philip Sturrock of Cassell , David Young of HarperCollins , and the current treasurer , Philip Kogan of Kogan Page . |
| 6 | Because I mean that would have been the first job offer . |
| 7 | iii ) The most recent pilot course has been the first Post-Graduate Diploma course in Interpreting Training Techniques , funded , like the other pilots , by the Nuffield Foundation and held at the Polytechnic of Central London in 1989 . |
| 8 | There was no way of being certain how long she 'd spent on the ward ; it might have been six weeks or six years , but she was guessing at six months because this had been the first commission review that she 'd received . |
| 9 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |
| 10 | Frimley ‘ E ’ are the first Aldershot League knockout cup winners of the season after their anticipated victory in the Sub Division section over a valiant Solartron ‘ B ’ . |
| 11 | They are the first Aymara band to have anumber one in Bolivia and are currently on a world tour . |
| 12 | These are the first police accident figures to be released . |
| 13 | For instance , we 're the first metal band to have a gold album with this kind of music … ’ |
| 14 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 15 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
| 16 | With the chip stripped of floating point processor , large caches and TurboChannel/EISA controller support , he says Terminal III could be the first AXP platform under $2,000 . |
| 17 | But Interior Secretary has pledged that preserving California 's desert will be the first land conservation goal of the administration . |
| 18 | The probe would be the first US craft to visit Mars since 1976 . |
| 19 | ‘ George Bush to be the first US President to visit a free Cuba ’ headlines the far-right Miami Diario de las Americas , carrying , on its inside page , details of how to phone Cuba and send over food parcels , as well as where to register your confiscated property for repossession after the regime has gone . |
| 20 | Between 400 and 500 Iraqi troops were reported captured during the fighting , while 31 US personnel were described as missing or captured , including a female Marine who was thought to be the first US woman soldier to be captured by an enemy force . |
| 21 | They claimed to be the first all-women trade union to strike for recognition and their cause is well known in El Salvador because — as they describe it — they had to fight the " marines " ! |
| 22 | The 21-year-old university student is believed to be the first Lurgan sportsman to win senior medals for both football and cricket . |
| 23 | But if this colt was beaten today , he would certainly not be the first winter favourite for a Classic to flop first time out as a three-year-old . |
| 24 | Cape Horn has always been a challenge and something he wanted to do … he says the aim is to be the first school group to sail around the world … the other aspect is the whole challenge of the voyage |
| 25 | I 'll tell you something , if I it would be the first cruise liner I could find and I 'd be away and I |
| 26 | The onset of Stage 2 sleep is taken to be the first sleep spindle or K complex . |
| 27 | ‘ It seems like a lifetime ago , ’ smiles Don , ‘ I would love , of course , to be the first choice goalkeeper but Damien has been in tremendous form and he 's the best around in my book ’ |
| 28 | If that fails it will be the first village school to be closed by the county council in the last five years . |
| 29 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |
| 30 | It claims to be the first software supplier to design , develop and market accounting applications software specifically for the growing client-server marketplace . |