Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] by [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otto Becker , a member of Germany 's silver medal team in the 1990 World Championships , proved his two World Cup horses are in top form by winning the first warm-up on Leandra , and then going clear , though with no pressure , on Landmann in the speed class . |
| 2 | The 1992 Richmond Meet is being marked as a historic occasion by having the first female Meet president . |
| 3 | Practise an advancing double reverse punch by throwing the first reverse punch with a slight slide forwards on the front foot . |
| 4 | This Sunday , Scottish champion Stephen Gallacher , British internationalist , Dean Robertson , and the present and past Walker Cup Captains , George Macgregor and Charlie Green , are on the guest list for the launch tournament at Kelso , at which BGA president , Colin Wood , will get the season under way in traditional fashion by striking the first ball . |
| 5 | This project thus aims to fill an important gap by providing the first comprehensive study of policing in Ireland from the 1830s to the 1920s . |
| 6 | Middlesboro 1 , Watford 2 WATFORD enhanced their impressive away record by becoming the first team to win at Middlesbrough 's Ayresome Park in the League this season , writes Ian Whittell . |
| 7 | Take the start of last year 's Grand Prix season when Senna set a new record by winning the first four races on the trot . |
| 8 | The young soldier Lev Tolstoy made his literary debut by publishing the first of three Sevastopol " Stories in The Contemporary in June . |