Example sentences of "as the first [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 2 | This is usually an underestimate as the first logical overflow record is always the last from that track physically and tends to be located near the end of the overflow track . |
| 3 | As the first great art patron of Manhattan , Reed had commissioned works from leading American painters of the day . |
| 4 | Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 5 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 6 | By 1969 millions of people were able to watch on colour TV as the first human set foot on the moon . |
| 7 | In November the same label issues The Damned 's ‘ New Rose ’ , hailed by many as the first true punk single . |
| 8 | SpreadBase is described as the first category-based modelling tool . |
| 9 | I announced on 15 January the establishment , with the joint support of British Aerospace , of Hutton grammar school in Lancashire as the first voluntary-aided technology school . |
| 10 | Kamara had no great love for Scottish strikers ; in April 1988 he made legal history as the first English League player to be fined in court for an on-pitch assault . |
| 11 | This shift led to the return in 1892 of Keir Hardie as the first independent labour MP , and in 1898 of the first labour council in British electoral history . |
| 12 | Surtees was not content to end his career as the first dual world champion ; he wanted more . |
| 13 | What is billed as the First Green Consumer Exhibition opens its doors at The Royal Horticultural Halls between 24 and 28 May . |