Example sentences of "be chosen [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Graham Thorpe , unlucky not to be chosen for the first Test against Australia , issued a timely reminder to the England selectors with an unbeaten 90 as Surrey struggled against joint championship leaders Glamorgan at the Oval .
2 Eventually three were chosen for the first investigation — the products of Bacillus subtilis , Pseudomonas pyocyanea , and Penicillium notatum .
3 Southwell , as well as Lingfield , has been chosen as a first venue for all-weather racing in this country .
4 According to Advanced Micro , the 210 has proven such a popular architecture that it has been chosen for the first speed and power upgrades .
5 Position one was chosen as the first cell in the vertical column at the crypt orifice ( Fig 2 ) as a reference point for the computer programme .
6 Jaq imagined arcane astromantic calculations and perversions of Tarot divination — conducted by Carnelian , the Tarot-sneak ? — before this planet was chosen for the first emergence of the entity .
7 He was chosen for the first match but had to drop out with food poisoning .
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