Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [art] first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant the first change of name for the young Michael Smith ; he became known as Ingram , and there was no love lost between him and his stepfather . |
| 2 | 18–7 James McDonald , a servant at Islay House , asked for baptism for his child and this brought the first case of antenuptial fornication . |
| 3 | This marked the first launch of its kind in China . |
| 4 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 5 | AUGUST 2 1917 witnessed the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship . |
| 6 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 7 | On the 18th March 1884 appeared the first issue of a newspaper printed and published in Bishop 's Castle by Christopher Hughes , Market Place , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 8 | Campbell was totally influenced by the great Italian architect Palladio and in 1715 published the first volume of Vitruvius Britannicus . |
| 9 | Thomas Telford was as great a canal builder as he was road maker , and in 1818 became the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers . |
| 10 | Several members of the Nemanjić dynasty founded monasteries , some became monks , and the pious St Sava , son of Stephen Nemanja , in 1219 became the first archbishop of an autocephalous church , freed from the jurisdiction of the Greek-led archbishopric of Ohrid . |
| 11 | 1982 saw the first publication of the autumn statement , which can be taken to refer to both the publication and the Chancellor 's oral statement ( see Economic Progress Report 153 , HM Treasury , January 1983 ) . |
| 12 | However , the Family Allowances Act 1945 marked the first scheme of allowances to benefit all families with two or more children irrespective of the employment status of either mother or father and without proof of need or evidence of contributions . |
| 13 | Seems Novell Inc missed a first call of the open systems boat back in its dim and distant proprietary past , when Reading , Berkshire-based X/Open Co Ltd was casting around for inter face technology that could tie personal computer networks into open systems . |