Example sentences of "he [be] also the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also the first sprinter in Britain to use starting blocks . |
| 2 | He was also the first person to use coal gas for lighting purposes . |
| 3 | He was also the first man to use the word ‘ Americanism ’ in 1781 . |
| 4 | ‘ He was also the first sportsman to become a celebrity . |
| 5 | He was also the first chairman of the colleges ' committee set up after the 1962 report of the commission on the relationship between the colleges and university , chaired by the first Baron Bridges [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | He was also the first Protestant to become President of the overwhelmingly Catholic country . |
| 7 | Hervey , a Breton , was appointed bishop , the first of a long series of members of the English royal court to be provided with a Welsh see : he was also the first bishop in Wales to come under the authority of an English archbishop . |