Example sentences of "[vb pp] the first [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | WITH a triumphant twang of the zither , the City University of London has filled the first Joe Loss Research Fellowship in Jewish Music . |
2 | EDINBURGH District Council 's Construction Skills Training programme has won the first UK award for the use of new technology in training . |
3 | Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy . |
4 | If was for service to the monarchy , however , that he was made the first Earl Ashburnham in 1730 ; for a family that had begun as modest farmers in the medieval Weald , this was no mean achievement . |
5 | If you have already seen the first Wolfenstein get a copy of this today , if not , order Wolfenstein-3D on order code 3080 ( 2 Disks ) . |
6 | Coulter 's opened the first Ford fast-fit and next week Pentlands will open the first Vauxhall Masterfit depot opposite their dealership on Belfast 's Ravenhill Road . |
7 | Edinburgh District Council has become the first UK city authority to promote a car-pooling scheme , following the launch of a commercial venture earlier this year [ see ED 55 ] . |
8 | Norway had become the first NATO member to establish diplomatic relations with Russia , following moves by Bulgaria and Hungary . |
9 | In 1975 Anderson was appointed the first EEC delegate in Southern Africa , responsible for the EEC Commission 's relations with Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland . |
10 | Settis has impeccably international credentials for such an international institution , having held , among other posts , professorships in classical art and archaeology at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore , served on the faculty of the Ecole Normale SuperiƩure at Paris and in1991 having been appointed the first Warburg Professor at the University of Hamburg . |
11 | Then an orange light flares in front of them , and I know some joker has thrown the first Molotov . |
12 | In 1946 the feast sing committee promoted the first Holmfirth musical competitions . |
13 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |