Example sentences of "[subord] one [prep] [art] first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Seventeen years later , then Flight Lieutenant Reif , he flew as one of the first navigators in 2 Squadron Canberras when that unit deployed to South Vietnam in April 1967 . |
2 | There has long been the counting of people as one of the first activities of states ( as we shall see in Chapter 4 ) . |
3 | While the rediscovery of women 's experiences has been seen as one of the first tasks , the problem is not just one of ‘ bringing women back in ’ but involves a struggle to upend traditional theories , concepts and methods so that women 's experiences , their relationships to each other , to children and to men become part of the mainstream . |
4 | REAR-ADMIRAL GARTH WATSON , who has died aged 78 , had three distinguished careers : as an Admiralty engineer ; as one of the first officers of the newly formed Naval Electrical Branch ; and as an outstanding secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers . |
5 | As one of the first members recalled , ‘ When we reached thirteen most of us felt we were too big for the Sunday School , and there was a gap of a few years until we were able to join the YMCA at seventeen … |
6 | When the new Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was opened in Edinburgh in 1810 with John Braidwood , grandson of Thomas Braidwood , as Principal , Walter Geikie was enrolled as one of the first students . |