Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] as [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We welcome the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty as a first step . |
2 | Keegan has paid up the contracts of Billy Askew , David Keavney , Archie Gourlay , David Robinson and Anth Cole as the first step in a Geordie clear-out . |
3 | It is thought that Intel Corp will be introduce an initial Pentium chip as the first member of a family of ‘ Pentium technologies , ’ see front page . |
4 | In 1967 too the Warsaw Pact states declared that West Germany should recognise East Germany as the first step to meaningful détente but Brandt could not yet go so far : most West Germans still hoped for the reunification of Germany . |
5 | The fact that Guatemala in 1954 had ‘ returned from Communism ’ ( and was regarded by the United States as the first country to do so ) increased Soviet reluctance to be perceived to be experiencing another ‘ loss ’ in the area ( even though they did not accept that Castro was embarking on a road towards Communism ) . |
6 | Of these classes , perhaps the most significant was the one established in April 1881 in Leeds with the local missioner Joseph Moreton as the first teacher . |
7 | Will the Minister join me in welcoming the proposals put forward by the provisional liquidator and the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi as a first step towards a settlement of the problem ? |
8 | In it he arrived , among many other discoveries , at the law of inertia later used by Isaac Newton as the first law of motion , at the parabola as the path of a projectile , at the relationships between distance and velocity and between distance and time , and at the continuity of acceleration . |
9 | Later Turkish historians are thus almost universally in accord in naming Molla Fenari as the first Mufti and — on the assumption that Rifat Efendi 's version simply results from a slip which Ahmed Refik has not noticed in placing his appointment in the time of Murad II , with some historians giving the date 828/1424–5 for the appointment . |
10 | It has been shown above that the accepted Turkish tradition dates the beginning of the Muftilik in the time of Murad II ( 1421–51 ) and names Molla Fenari as the first Mufti . |
11 | In introducing General Secretary , Ciaran Ryan as the first speaker on behalf of the Association , Congress President , Tom Douglas said ‘ Our next speaker is from a new affiliate to Congress . |
12 | The DipHE , recommended by the James Committee as a first stage in teacher education , was interpreted more broadly by the 1972 White Paper . |
13 | The rapid growth of adult missions and societies prompted a few determined men led by James Paul to found the National Deaf and Dumb Society in 1879 , with James Paul as the first secretary . |
14 | An office was rented in St Albans and a small staff was appointed , with Michael Hardman as the first editor of publications , responsible for both What 's Brewing and the new and immediately successful Good Beer Guide , which listed all the known outlets for real ale . |