Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event . |
| 2 | John Talbot was born in the same year as the Catholic Relief Act was passed and as a result was one of the first sons of Catholic gentlemen able to benefit from a solid Catholic education in Britain . |
| 3 | As a result , although his club was one of the first to develop Smiley culture , much to his relief Danny never became a tabloid Mr Big . |
| 4 | A cry for help went out to Kings and Princes of the West , and Richard was one of the first to respond , receiving in November 1187 the piece of material cut into the shape of a cross which was the badge of all crusaders . |
| 5 | Much more important is whether the bid was sensible in the first place . |
| 6 | The Welfare Rights programme was one of the first successes to complement the work on alternative forms of accommodation and one of the most effective means of mobilizing non-social services resources . |
| 7 | J. D. Hooker was one of the first scientists to be informed of Darwin 's new theory back in the 1840s , and he now came out in public support of the Origin of Species . |
| 8 | He had discussions with the CDP about the issue , and the establishment of Research Degree Committees in the polytechnics was one of the first freedoms to be given to them ‘ under the Hornby plan ’ . |
| 9 | The study was one of the first randomised trials to measure the effectiveness of a non-orthodox therapy . |
| 10 | The Italian ( GlSSI ) study was one of the first where treatment was administered soon after the onset of symptoms to patients suspected of having an acute myocardial infarction . " |
| 11 | I think Macclesfield was one of the first er |
| 12 | Mr Wright was one of the first to give evidence at the inquests into the deaths of three students : Mayuree Taraket ; Ketkanok Chuenjai , and Malee Jenajaroen , all from Thailand . |
| 13 | Oil group Lasmo was one of the first major companies to report full-year results . |
| 14 | The quality of football was high in the first half . |
| 15 | The coalmining industry was one of the first to be nationalized . |
| 16 | TI was one of the first companies to include a cash flow statement in its accounts , and it will implement FRS 3 , Reporting Financial Performance , in its 1992 accounts . |
| 17 | Blonde Sue was one of the first people at his hospital bedside in Manchester Royal Infirmary . |
| 18 | The German engineer Höchstetter was one of the first experts to exploit the local deposits on an industrial scale . |
| 19 | Emily Halliday was one of the first girls to join the school when it became co-educational . |
| 20 | He went on to explain that Blufton was one of the first people to start seeing how much money could be made in the independent TV sector — the little companies that mushroomed all over Soho . |
| 21 | Florida was one of the first areas to attract the golfer , but in recent years South Carolina has become popular as European golfers discover the delights of Hilton Head ( 27 courses ) and Myrtle Beach ( 66 courses ) . |
| 22 | It seems that the Sultan was one of the first victims of non-standardization ; he paid a thousand dollars for a machine for which only one cylinder was ever made ! |
| 23 | In the expansion of academic legal scholarship that has taken place in the past 20 years family law was one of the first of the traditional areas of study to be ‘ broadened ’ . |
| 24 | Nicholson was one of the first students at the college to which A. W. Hofmann was appointed professor . |
| 25 | At Disney 's MGM studios , 16-year-old Theresa Powell was one of the first in line to meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . |
| 26 | When war broke out in South Africa MacBride was one of the first and most prominent members of the Irish Brigade which fought for the Boer republics , and at Ladysmith , Colenso , and elsewhere he proved himself to be a brave and resourceful soldier . |
| 27 | IBM was one of the first to develop the idea of' core' employees , though this concept is not stated as a policy . |
| 28 | One of the most controversial of these is regret theory , of which Professor Sugden was one of the first formulators . |
| 29 | The circuit was one of the first to stage hippodramas , employing Andrew DuCrow [ q.v. ] and his horsemen for this purpose . |
| 30 | The girl was one of the first in the country to use new powers granted to minors under the Children 's Act to apply to the courts for permission to live where they wanted to . |