Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 2 | The Sussex county player from Ham Manor achieved his first major victory by dint of a brilliant afternoon round of 66 for a total of 137 , one better than Stephen Pullan ( Sand Moor ) , who carded a brace of 69s . |
| 3 | The redemption was completed in the autumn and the membership elected its first lady to the main committee , the able Joan Haley , handicap 10 and a County player . |
| 4 | Gresham Telecomputing Plc , which last week released its first full year figures since the merger of the Gresham Group with Telecomputing Plc in 1991 is betting its future on the market 's movement towards open systems , despite the fact that its revenues still come from traditional ICL mainframe customers . |
| 5 | A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep . |
| 6 | Napier University awarded its first overseas students ' scholarship certificates to seven students , in November . |
| 7 | Doctor seen it first , she thought I had pulled a hair and it was kind of septic |
| 8 | A few months ago the plant recruited its first workers — the men and women , mainly aged under 25 , whose minds and fingers are agile enough to turn out microscopic silicon chips by the hundreds of thousands . |