Example sentences of "made the first [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind . |
| 2 | The following day , Darwin made the first evolutionary entry in his current pocket notebook ( known as the ‘ Red Notebook ’ ) : ‘ When we see Avestruz two species . |
| 3 | When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime . |
| 4 | In 1972 the Local Government Act made the first major change in the local government system of England and Wales ( apart from the restructuring in London , which took place in 1963 ) , since the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Ministers from all 15 member countries , attending the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) conference in Bangkok on Sept. 10-11 , made the first significant move towards formalizing the loose APEC forum by approving the establishment of a permanent secretariat in Singapore [ see p. 38580 for third ministerial meeting in Seoul in November 1991 ] . |
| 6 | And in 1923 the company made the first published record by a reigning British monarch , King George V and Queen Mary 's ‘ Empire Day Message to the Boys and Girls of the British Empire ’ ( 34 ) . |
| 7 | So says Charles Munn , who made the first known sighting of this small parrot in 1985 , at clay-eating cliff in Peru 's Manu National Park . |
| 8 | In 1934/35 , Frank Fraser Darling made the first intensive study of deer , and his book A Herd of Red Deer is still a valuable source book . |
| 9 | In 1836 a Professor James Forbes made the first recorded ascent of Sgurr nan Gillean with Duncan MacIntyre , a local forester , as guide . |
| 10 | But it is sometimes forgotten that as far back as 1909 he built his own aeroplane in which he then made the first recorded flight over Ireland . |