Example sentences of "[pers pn] be also the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less surprisingly , she is also the first Green . |
| 2 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 3 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 4 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 5 | They are also the first point of customer contact at the Sales Centre . |
| 6 | It 's also the first time that outsiders have been allowed into their close-knit community . |
| 7 | It is also the first system to use self-optimisation of the burner position for flame AA and automatic method development for graphite furnace AA . |
| 8 | Not only is it the communication centre of all the servicing departments , it is also the first point of contact for incoming visitors and the departure point for the outgoing . |
| 9 | It is also the first project to be supported by WACC in Haiti . |
| 10 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 11 | It was also the first opportunity for the Sandinistas to assess their opposition role after losing elections in February 1990 to the right-wing National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition of President Violeta Chamorro de Barrios [ see p. 37236 ] . |
| 12 | It was also the first opportunity at national level for the electorate to deliver its verdict on the DLP , which had been formed by Roh in January 1990 through the merger of his minority ruling party with two of the three main opposition parties [ see pp. 37187-88 ] . |
| 13 | It was also the first occasion on which the bishop of Rome is known to have invoked the text of Matthew 16 : 18 to justify his primatial jurisdiction . |
| 14 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 15 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 16 | ‘ It was also the first time that steam , which is the lifeblood of THORP was introduced into the highly active area . ’ |
| 17 | It marked the dedication of a new city church … but it was also the first time a Roman Catholic cardinal had preached before the Monarch since the time of Henry The Eighth . |
| 18 | It was also the first time Liverpool had gone ahead of their rivals — 45 wins to 44 — since the derby series , than at 127 games , began . |
| 19 | It was also the first colony gained by conquest . |
| 20 | He was also the first sprinter in Britain to use starting blocks . |
| 21 | He was also the first person to use coal gas for lighting purposes . |
| 22 | He was also the first man to use the word ‘ Americanism ’ in 1781 . |
| 23 | ‘ He was also the first sportsman to become a celebrity . |
| 24 | He was also the first chairman of the colleges ' committee set up after the 1962 report of the commission on the relationship between the colleges and university , chaired by the first Baron Bridges [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | He was also the first Protestant to become President of the overwhelmingly Catholic country . |
| 26 | Hervey , a Breton , was appointed bishop , the first of a long series of members of the English royal court to be provided with a Welsh see : he was also the first bishop in Wales to come under the authority of an English archbishop . |