Example sentences of "first hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walker 's appointment as reader ( upgraded to professor in 1860 ) was significant , for he was the first to hold the post in its own right , rather than annexed to a professorship in another subject . |
| 2 | The first positive statement to this effect in the available sources is to be found in Mustakimzade , who not only places him first in his list but also states explicitly , on the authority of the historian " Aziz Efendi ( ? ) , that Molla Fenari was the first to hold the office of Mufti in the Ottoman state . |
| 3 | This fact , together with the facts mentioned above , that Fahreddin Acemi appears to have been the first to hold the office of Mufti without an accompanying kadilik and to have been the first to receive a salary specifically in respect of the Muftilik , makes it a reasonable assumption that he was the first Mufti in the sense commonly understood in later times . |
| 4 | The transverse flute was an instrument Jacques knew and heard performed from a young age by players such as Pierre Pièche , the first to hold the position of solo flute at the Academie Royale de Musique . |
| 5 | The chairman , the first to hold the post for two consecutive years , was on his way to visit 101-year-old Donella Carter when he discovered the theft . |
| 6 | Young Munster , the defending league champions , will again be coached by Tony Grant , who first held the post 15 years ago . |