Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had looked promising for the tourists as openers David Boon and Mark Taylor batted confidently for the first hour to put on 38 . |
| 2 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 3 | This is one of three drawings of Lopokova by Picasso , the latter having come to London for the first time to work on designs and sets for Massine 's Le Tricorne , writes Joanna Gibbon . |
| 4 | Neil Armstrong is a good example , as the first man to walk on the moon : ‘ One small step for man , one giant leap for mankind . ’ |
| 5 | The trial of Bradlaugh and Annie Besant in 1876 for republishing one of Knowlton 's pamphlets gave the birth-control movement wide publicity and created the demand for more information , and led to the setting up of the first organisation to campaign on birth control , the Malthusian League . |
| 6 | His slightly later work on the influence of alcohol and caffeine on fatigue was also one of the first experiments to rely on a ‘ double-blind procedure ’ . |
| 7 | To organise two County courses per annum directly relevant to the Project ( in the first year to concentrate on study skills and management of the Project ) |
| 8 | High military spenders like Sudan , Mauritania , Peru and Vietnam were among the first countries to default on their debt . |
| 9 | Tala-Tala , he explained , five miles up the road , had the first church on Koraloona because it was built by the first missionaries to arrive on the island . |