Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the first [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1988 , James Hansen became the first prominent atmospheric scientist to tell governments that the greenhouse effect had been confirmed ‘ with about 99 per cent confidence ’ ( Hansen et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | Troops committed by Pakistan and Bangladesh left for the Gulf in early September , while on Sept. 18 Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce that it would send forces ; two frigates , a Hercules aeroplane and 450 soldiers left on Sept. 25 , despite opposition claims that this action violated the Constitution and was inconsistent with Argentina 's diplomatic tradition of neutrality in overseas conflicts . |
| 3 | From the early 1890s the LCC built the first large modern housing estates in the country . |
| 4 | During his visit , Mr Kinnock became the first British political leader to meet Gregor Gysi , the new East German Communist Party leader . |
| 5 | Garland developed the first on-site programmable deep-fat fryers as a result , Davies says , of difficulties caused by rapid staff turnover and the use of unskilled labour . |
| 6 | The Yasukuni shrine issue had sparked fierce controversy in 1985 when Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first post-war Prime Minister to make an official visit [ see p. 34559 ] , an action which drew fierce criticism from neighbouring countries which had suffered during the Pacific War . |
| 7 | MELROSE won the first major sevens of the season , beating Hawick 24–6 in the final of Glasgow High/Kelvinside 's Ryden tournament . |
| 8 | In the aftermath of the events in Braşov , Silviu Brucan became the first old Communist apparatchik to break ranks with Ceauşescu and publicly criticize his policies . |
| 9 | President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat made the first Mongolian presidential visit to South Korea on Oct. 22-25 , accompanied by Foreign Minister Tserenpilyn Gombosuren . |
| 10 | In the 1960s at Manchester University , where dental materials science was first established in the UK as an academic discipline , Dennis C. Smith developed the first adhesive dental cement , based on poly ( acrylic acid ) . |