Example sentences of "[prep] the first [verb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was one of the first to see that the tomato was ceasing to be a luxury and was becoming an established part of the British diet , and he developed an important trade in carrying tomatoes from the Mediterranean . |
| 2 | He was also one of the first to insist that the discovery of the root cause of a problem is an essential first stage in the achievement of a cure . |
| 3 | Leftwich seems to have been amongst the first to realize that the widespread use of ice for preserving food would be both highly beneficial and immensely profitable . |
| 4 | But it was from the first emphasised that a priesthood of succession should be established through Aaron , Moses ' brother . |
| 5 | Lord President Clyde rejected both grounds and in relation to the first observed that no authority of any kind had been cited to justify it and that Attorney General v. Wilts United Dairies Ltd. , 37 T.L.R. 884 was not in point . |