Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] as [art] first " in BNC.

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1 She held posts in Northumberland and Dundee before being appointed as the first educational psychologist in Dumbarton .
2 Nonetheless , they have to be embraced as a first step in understanding the limits to where Africa may be in another twenty-five or even fifty years .
3 Magellan is to be ranked as the first navigator of ancient or modern times , and his voyage is the greatest single human achievement on the sea .
4 Technology and Innovation is therefore to be welcomed as a first step towards changing this state of affairs .
5 John Miller , the son of a Jamaican father and English mother , aroused interest by being mooted as the first black player to represent England .
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