Example sentences of "'s first [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appropriately , Europe 's first such publication , Etica Degli Affari , was Italian . |
| 2 | Johnny 's silky touches and ball playing skills , nurtured by the great Arthur Rowe , drew huge admiration from Palace fans and he inevitably became a target for the bigger clubs , but he was still with the Palace when he gained his first full England International cap ( against Northern Ireland at Wembley on 22 November 1961 ) and Palace 's first such honour in thirty-eight years . |
| 3 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 4 | In 1946 he became Professor of Fine Arts at Melbourne , Australia 's first such Chair , which he occupied for 32 years . |
| 5 | A free trade agreement with Israel initialled in July [ see p. 39025 ] was signed on Sept. 17 ; it was designed to enter into force ( subject to ratification ) on Jan. 1 , 1993 — EFTA 's first such agreement with a non-European country . |
| 6 | The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 7 | Instead , the diminutive conjuror had ‘ come to say thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 8 | On Clare 's first such evening off , she went to a dinner party given by an old schoolfriend who persisted in keeping in touch . |
| 9 | The government on March 14 , 1990 , reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on a second structural adjustment programme ; Congo 's first such programme , initiated in 1985 [ see p. 34406 ] , had not been considered a success . |