Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] the first [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackson 's next work , An Essay on Bread ( 1758 ) , defended bakers and millers against malpractice charges levelled by Peter Markham [ q.v. ] and Joseph Manning , and it represents the first reliable book on the chemical detection of food adulteration . |
| 2 | Poet Software Corp , Santa Clara , says it has the first object-oriented database system running under Microsoft Corp 's NT in the shape of Version 2.0 of the company 's Poet object database . |
| 3 | It has the first analytical group to hold Good Laboratory Practice ( GLP ) , National Measurement Accreditation Service ( NAMAS ) and ISO9001 certificates simultaneously . |
| 4 | It contains the first detailed plans for the Himalayas , which all the big names in the business have been working on for years . |
| 5 | Often , however , he is under such pressure to complete the project by a given date that he accepts the first feasible solution he arrives at instead of working systematically towards the optimum . |
| 6 | ‘ It marks the first genuine attempt to bring alive the remarkable range of heritage and culture which has sustained the area for hundreds of years . ’ |
| 7 | STEVE CRAM will make his debut at 5,000 metres next month when he becomes the first British athlete to compete in South Africa for almost 20 years . |