Example sentences of "[num] [to-vb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Sandy Lyle had to emerge from a pack of players at Royal St Georges in 1985 to become the first British winner for years . |
| 2 | HM The Queen visited the site in 1979 to inaugurate the first evaporator . |
| 3 | Suppose also that the company estimates that it will cost 200,000 to produce the first unit and that , by watchful management , an 80 per cent learning rate will be achieved . |
| 4 | Merv Hughes hit an enormous six and Mark Taylor made 164 to become the first player to score 1,000 runs in the course of his first season of Tests , but Australia 's batsmen did not escape the day without damage from an attack weakened by injury to both its opening bowlers . |
| 5 | President Elias Hrawi , Prime Minister Umar Karami and the president of the National Assembly , Hussain al-Hussaini , visited Damascus on Oct. 17 to attend the first session of the Lebanese-Syrian Supreme Council . |
| 6 | Celebrations on Oct. 3 to mark the first anniversary of unification were marred by about 50 attacks on immigrants throughout the country , in which at least 25 people were injured . |
| 7 | Orton Chirwa qualified in London in 1958 to become the first African barrister in the country . |
| 8 | Parrott , the UK snooker champ , scored a tremendous 6-5 victory over the world champion and world No 1 to claim the first title of the season and pick up a £25,000 cheque . |
| 9 | The housing problem had improved little since the 1890s , although a few local authorities , notably the LCC , had taken advantage of the legislation of 1890 and 1900 to build the first large council estates . |
| 10 | Despite the economic slump , private sponsors and the city ( which owns the building ) committed $31 million to complete the first phase . |
| 11 | However , efforts were well under way in 1990 to address the first problem , with the construction of an airport and a new industrial park . |
| 12 | Hendry made a break of 54 to take the first frame , but lost the next to a run of 50 . |