Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The first Conservative to utter this call was not , as A. J. P. Taylor has said , Churchill , but Lord Hailsham ; Attorney-General and Lord Chancellor in Baldwin 's 1924–9 Conservative government , Hailsham was excluded from the National Government as unacceptable to National Labour , on account of his role in piloting the 1927 Trades Disputes Act through Parliament , and ( along with Leo Amery ) to the Samuelite Liberals , on account of his support for tariffs . |
| 2 | Although Hope was the first sportsman to convey this view , it was replicated time and time again by black footballers , athletes and boxers . |
| 3 | It was also the quickest 400 metres hurdles in the world this year — clinching her place in history as the first European to win this event . |
| 4 | It was also the quickest 400 metres hurdles in the world this year — clinching her place in history as the first European to win this event . |
| 5 | The first town to acquire this status was Bristol in 1373 , and others followed , York in 1396 , Newcastle in 1400 , Norwich in 1404 and Lincoln in 1409 . |
| 6 | It seems to me of first importance to confront this kind of question realistically and not to discredit one 's cause by refusing to admit that the clash exists . |
| 7 | Mary Law was the first teacher to face this issue : |
| 8 | She is the first woman to hold this post . |
| 9 | On Nov. 1 the IDA , as the party with the greatest number of seats in the National Assembly , unanimously endorsed Sharif as Prime Minister , the first Punjabi to hold this office . |
| 10 | Same-Lamborghini is the first firm to fit this feature . |
| 11 | Dublin 's toe-job on the end of Brian McClair 's downward header lifted United off the bottom of the Premier League and gave Fergie his first reason to smile this season . |
| 12 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 13 | On completion , later this year , ICI will be the first manufacturer to produce this CFC alternative in all the three main markets of Europe , North America and Asia Pacific . |