Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [num] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Country Landowners Association president Lord De Ramsey became one of the first of British agriculture 's leaders to meet the new Minister . |
| 2 | One lawyer cited one of the first such cases to be heard in Scotland : ‘ At one point the tribunal took the case by the scruff of the neck and told the claimants to put in their claim within 14 days and gave the other side the same amount of time for their defences . |
| 3 | Born in what was now Inner Mongolia , Ulanhu became one of the first Mongol members of the CCP when he joined in 1925 . |
| 4 | Expertise in the medium of song may have led Bedyngham to become one of the first composers , along with Walter Frye and Guillermus Dufay , to experiment with the technique of building a Mass cycle not on plainchant , but on a model taken from secular music . |
| 5 | In 1887 , he hit 151 for England against MCC at Lord 's in the Centenary Match , he and Shrewsbury adding 266 for the first wicket . |
| 6 | In joining John Dickinson at Croxley Mills in 1931 , Grant became one of the first qualified scientists to be employed by the paper industry and his contributions and experience proved invaluable to him throughout his subsequent career . |
| 7 | In the Dublin North constituency in February 1987 Haughey had 12,986 votes and Brady had 4,454 at the first count . |
| 8 | Her parents have done well ; her father became one of the first Afro-Caribbean councillors in inner London . |
| 9 | Lotus Esprit Turbos won four of the first seven races in the SCCA Escort series this season . |
| 10 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
| 11 | Guided by the Chief Officer , the county became one of the first to introduce comprehensive schools of a new style , as well as fresh methods of teaching in its primary schools , and an immense explosion of organized music teaching all over the county . |
| 12 | Hannon saddled three of the first four home in the Kennett Maiden , and Reprehend , at 14–1 , was the least fancied of his trio . |
| 13 | OPENER Roshan Mahanama scored a masterful 109 as Sri Lanka made 303-6 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Colombo . |
| 14 | Alanson became one of the first three surgeons appointed to the Liverpool dispensary in 1778 . |
| 15 | Garden contains one of the first rockeries in Britain , which houses the earliest garden gnomes in England . |
| 16 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
| 17 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 18 | Labour council leader John Williams and Mr Milburn yesterday produced a declaration arguing for Darlington to become one of the first unitary authorities under local government reform . |
| 19 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 20 | My father was the head waiter at The Savoy , my mother opened one of the first milk bars in Soho , and my grandmother was a vegetable cook at London 's Park Lane Hotel . |
| 21 | Margaret had one of the first major heart operations carried out in the UK more than 27 years ago in Edinburgh . |