Example sentences of "he [be] the first [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He is the first investment analyst to be charged with insider dealing , and as a result his trial will be seen as something of a test case in the City , especially as legislation is currently going through Parliament to extend the scope of insider dealing .
2 He 's the first Gloucester player to score a hat trick this season and has now scored over 2,300 points for the first team .
3 He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’
4 England international Alf 's claim to fame is that he was the first £1,000 player when in February 1905 he was bought by Middlesbrough from Sunderland .
5 It was preceded by lengthy backbench Opposition speeches which prompted Mr Christopher Chope , junior environment minister , to point out that he was the first government speaker for some four hours .
6 The defensive headers of the tall , red-haired Roberts soon made him a familiar figure at Highbury , and he was the first defending centre-half to earn the name ‘ policeman ’ or ‘ stopper ’ .
7 Caradryel achieved another distinction — he was the first Phoenix King to die peacefully in bed .
8 He was the first Phoenix King who did not inherit an unstable kingdom or take the throne in the aftermath of a war .
9 He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect .
10 ‘ Breaking down old traditions , he was the first club manager who set out methodically to organize the winning of matches , ’ observed the Daily Mail .
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