Example sentences of "in [verb] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BY ANY standards , the success of the film Hedd Wyn in becoming the first Welsh language film to be nominated for the prestigious Royal Television Society award was a significant breakthrough for the burgeoning industry . |
| 2 | NEWS of Rebecca Stephens ' success in becoming the first British woman to reach the summit of Everest was flashed around the world with the help of an Essex-based company from the Marconi group . |
| 3 | Just over 60 years ago nuns from the same convent left Britain to be instrumental in providing the first Carmelite presence in South Africa . |
| 4 | The plenum won a labour amnesty for employees sacked by the nationalists after the civil war , and took the lead in negotiating the first collective agreement in 1976 . |
| 5 | The young Communist shop steward had no difficulty in obtaining the first two warning notes . |