Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun pl] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first things required in the practice of tai chi chuan is to come to terms with its slow , dreamlike movements . |
| 2 | Michael George Wittet was born in Bombay in 1918 , the son of a consulting architect from Perth and a French mother who was one of the first women to graduate in history and languages at the Sorbonne in Paris . |
| 3 | Apart from explorers and travellers , one of the first Englishmen to settle in Madeira was William Bolton , in 1695 , when he took advantage of the Act of Charles 11 which prohibited the export of goods grown or manufactured in Europe to the West Indies and American Colonies , unless shipped from British ports in British ships , with Madeira specifically excluded from its terms . |
| 4 | ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ , arranged and researched by Iain Brown of the National Library ( following a suggestion by Alastair Rowan who has contributed a tape-slide presentation on Adam ) , is among the first attempts to explore in detail the making of an archaeological folio which changed the face of contemporary design . |
| 5 | Bees : Bumble bees are among the first insects to appear in the spring . |