Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [art] first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1555 Primož Trubar made the first translation of the New Testament into Slovene and in 1584 a Slovene grammar was produced . |
| 2 | Ben made the first on-sight of Psycho ( ) and followed it up with on-sights of Genesis ( ) , Rainbow Wall ( ) , Your mother , Monument and Anarchiste ( all ) with Mark sharing the honours on Monument . |
| 3 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
| 4 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 5 | In 1822 , eight years after Thomas Lord [ q.v. ] had moved his famous turf to its last resting place at St John 's Wood , Aislabie became the first secretary of the MCC , the first sign of any real formality of organization . |
| 6 | The pattern of Europe was squarely placed upon the city of Jerusalem when , in 1100 , Baldwin of Boulogne became the first King of Jerusalem . |
| 7 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
| 8 | Sutherland published the first catalogue of plants in the physic garden , the Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis , in 1683 . |
| 9 | LORD Sutch missed the first night of his pantomime season in Northampton after falling through the stage . |
| 10 | In February Aquino became the first President of the Philippines to appear in court as she took the stand as a witness in support of her libel case against a newspaper columnist , Luis Beltran . |
| 11 | The exceptionally strong team , which included Mick Fowler — with whom Saunders made the first ascent of the ravishing Golden Pillar of Spantik — Caradog Jones and Steve Sustad , had hoped for an ascent of the mountain 's South East Spur — a 9,000 foot mega-Walker Spur . |
| 12 | Winger Lee Sharpe scored the first goal of his memorable comeback and said : ‘ I do n't think I 've ever played in a better team perform-ance . |
| 13 | George Oldham became the first chairman of any region to serve a second term of office . |
| 14 | On June 11 Zaki described the first round of talks as " constructive " and denied that Pakistan was seeking to reverse the administration 's decision to suspend aid . |
| 15 | After four hours ' play of the sixth round Martin showed the first sign of faltering as he slipped into a bad position against fellow Australian grandmaster Ian Rogers , who is in joint second place with Miles on 4/5 in third place . |
| 16 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 17 | Professor Keishiro Okuma presented the first issue of the new journal Studia Celtica Japonica ( Toyohashi , 1988 ) , published by the Celtic Society of Japan , a welcome reminder of the wide span of international interest in Celtic studies . |
| 18 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 19 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas last night . |
| 20 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas , last night . |
| 21 | A member of the university who had taught Lutheran doctrines , Hamilton became the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation . |
| 22 | After almost three years of backing Modigliani 's work , Zborowski scented the first whiff of success in the spring of 1919 . |
| 23 | BAD : The gloomy presence of Norman Lamont overshadowed the first week of the campaign . |
| 24 | Hendry pocketed a first prize of £110,000 , took his unbeaten run in the tournament — since 1989 — to 20 matches and claimed the antique gold trophy for keeps . |
| 25 | President Boris Yeltsin chose the first anniversary of the August 1991 coup attempt to announce a further stage in the Russian government 's privatization programme . |
| 26 | He quirked a dark brow , his eyes lingering with open appreciation on her slim figure in the silky pale green dress , and Fran felt the first whisper of heat run along her veins . |
| 27 | The French inventor Louis Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon in 1839 or slightly earlier , and since then literally thousands of detailed pictures have been acquired , including those transmitted back-to Earth by the Moon-probes of the late 1950s and the 1960s . |
| 28 | When West Indies batted , Haynes edged the first ball of the innings for four , and the home side never looked back . |
| 29 | Commenting on the expectations for growth , Mr Lamont said the first report of the Panel of Independent Forecasters , formed to demonstrate that the Government decisions were not based on one single forecast , predicted growth in 1993 of between 0.25 and 2 per cent , with an average of just over 1 per cent . |
| 30 | Pindar wrote the first poem of his career ( Pythian x ) for a Thessalian patron in 498 : This opening places Thessaly straight away in the centre of Dorian Greek culture ; the Aleuad dynasty in Thessaly is treated as a branch of the house of Herakles , that is , it is grafted on to the Dorian Peloponnesian tree . |