Example sentences of "[adj] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1864 he received a first class in classical honour moderations , and then in 1867 a first in literae humaniores , even though he was said to have read no more than half the required books . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that was first and foremost a first class milling engineer , probably without equal in his time . |
| 3 | Regarded as a liberal , Bessmertnykh , 57 , had been hitherto the Soviet ambassador to the United States , and before that a First Deputy Foreign Minister . |
| 4 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |
| 5 | that a first name ? |
| 6 | Whose Line Is It Anyway ? was for many a first glimpse of Paul Merton . |
| 7 | In June 1987 a first day conference on church planting was held at Holy Trinity Brompton ; more were held in 1988 and 1989 with a further conference held at St Andrew 's , Chorleywood in 1989 . |
| 8 | This is used mainly where tantrums are severe and where it is felt that stopping them altogether is too big a first step . |