Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] one [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He confirmed that the East coast main line from Edinburgh to London King 's Cross — which the Government has selected as one of the first to be privatised — was very profitable . |
| 2 | While the rediscovery of women 's experiences has been seen as one of the first tasks , the problem is not just one of ‘ bringing women back in ’ but involves a struggle to upend traditional theories , concepts and methods so that women 's experiences , their relationships to each other , to children and to men become part of the mainstream . |
| 3 | By 1568 they were incorporated as one of the first two English joint-stock companies , the Society of the Mines Royal , with some important royal servants and London merchants as members . |
| 4 | Seventeen years later , then Flight Lieutenant Reif , he flew as one of the first navigators in 2 Squadron Canberras when that unit deployed to South Vietnam in April 1967 . |
| 5 | When the new Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was opened in Edinburgh in 1810 with John Braidwood , grandson of Thomas Braidwood , as Principal , Walter Geikie was enrolled as one of the first students . |
| 6 | How can I communicate that auditory shock , that dumbstruck astonishment I experienced as one of the first privileged listeners … |