Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [num ord] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A student has made education history by becoming the first in the country to pass a new exam . |
| 2 | Sartre considered that orthodox dialectical materialism takes the easy way out by merely eliminating the first in favour of the second , making man a passive product entirely determined by economic circumstances . |
| 3 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 4 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 5 | There he took three triposes in different subjects , securing a first in natural sciences ( 1907 ) , a second in history ( 1908 ) , and , after taking his BA , a first ( with distinction ) in modern languages ( French ) in 1909 . |
| 6 | His period at Point Cook seems to have been distinguished only by his getting a first in flying , and a second in the academic studies — by his standards , a poor start . |
| 7 | Carol , 24 , has two children ; Charlene , seven , and Christopher , three , and is expecting a third in October . |
| 8 | Sequoia Systems Inc , Marlborough , Massachusetts , has come up with Sequoia Support Network , claiming an industry-first in being able to instantaneously detect and automatically respond to system errors anywhere in the world . |
| 9 | Sitting up straight-backed on her stool , she could flatter two men at once and still be watching a third in a mirror ; she could keep tabs on the whole shifting choreography at once . |
| 10 | Sophy Sanger was educated at Dr Elizabeth Dawes ' School , Weybridge , and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she read mathematics ( 1899–1902 ) and then moral sciences , narrowly missing a first in 1903 . |