Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
| 2 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 3 | Smith became a Carnegie trustee , and it was thanks to the association between the two men that Keighley became the first town in England to acquire a new Carnegie free library . |
| 4 | The crucial difference is that Marx emphasised the first element , while Weber emphasised the second . |
| 5 | It is a matter of history that Austin became the first Englishman to regularly employ the new-fangled back crawl , which all swimmers use today but was then regarded as something of an eccentricity . |
| 6 | Although Laurie led the first day of the 1957 Open jointly with Eric Brown and Flory Van Donck , he was to finish out of the top twenty , Bobby Locke taking the last of his four Championship titles . |
| 7 | So it was that Huddersfield became the first club to win the Cup with a penalty . |
| 8 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 9 | But Nicholas Knight and Don Topley got the target down to six off the last over , and Knight hit the first ball into the crowd . |
| 10 | And Ampex produces the first video recorder . |
| 11 | He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star . |
| 12 | He quirked a dark brow , his eyes lingering with open appreciation on her slim figure in the silky pale green dress , and Fran felt the first whisper of heat run along her veins . |
| 13 | Between them , Whitaker and Coburn devised the first episode 's opening in an English school . |
| 14 | Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner refused to declare an emergency , under which a 60-day cooling-off period , would have been imposed and Bush became the first President to reject the advice of the National Mediation Board when he declined to intervene . |
| 15 | And Britain announced the first licence awards for North Sea Oil and Gas ’ . |
| 16 | This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile . |
| 17 | A rally called for Oct. 11 by the Moslem Brotherhood and Hamas to mark the first anniversary of the killing of at least 17 Arabs at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem [ see p. 37873 ] was also banned . ) |
| 18 | The 1750s marked an important transition , as works by such men as Duncombe and Ballard celebrated the achievements of women writers , and Colman and Thornton published the first edition of Poems by Eminent Ladies . |
| 19 | While he was away being x-rayed , Crowe and Rutherford raised the first half-century stand of the match within 80 minutes , scoring faster than in the earlier stages of the game . |
| 20 | There 's a serious band meeting/liaison and we 're seriously thinking about jacking it in and going back to Blighty until Emma sings the first verse and chorus of ‘ The Show Must Go On ’ by Queen . |
| 21 | New Zealand 's victory — their first home Test win for three years — levelled the series at 1-1 after Australia won the first Test by an innings and 60 runs in Christchurch and then drew the second in Wellington . |
| 22 | He could hardly believe his bad luck though in the sixth frame as Wattana fluked the first red and proceeded to compile a total clearance of 136 , the highest break of the tournament so far . |
| 23 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 24 | We 're going off ! ’ screams every nerve of the BSM graduate 's 25 years of road driving as Brundle approaches the first corner at more than 120 mph and heels the car , its tyres wailing and jouncing on the limits of their purchase , across the corner . |
| 25 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 26 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 27 | It meant that a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the tie , and the FA faced a barrage of criticism when Liverpool became the first team to reach and FA Cup final on penalties . |
| 28 | Keeper Walker pulled off superb saves from Johnston , Warzycha and Ebbrell as Everton ran the first hour . |
| 29 | The judge pointed out that when Harper lit the first tuft of hay Smith told him ‘ in the clearest terms ’ not to be so stupid . |