Example sentences of "[verb] the first serious [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not until 1793 did Sultan Selim III make the first serious effort to establish permanent Turkish diplomatic missions in the main European capitals ; and these were unsuccessful and short-lived . |
| 2 | Young , currently the smartest culture , crit , and sidekick Caveney provide the first serious look at the new wave of American fiction — from the burnt-out brat packers to such authentic talents as Mary Gaitskill and Dennis Cooper |
| 3 | This brought to an end a two-week crisis which had presented the first serious threat to communist rule in Albania since its establishment during the Second World War . |
| 4 | SOUTH Africa 's State President , Mr FW de Klerk , yesterday suffered the first serious blow to his reputation as the great reformer by appearing to acquiesce in a cover-up of political murders carried out by state agencies , including the police . |
| 5 | She undertook the first serious application of photography to science by making photograms of her extensive collection of algae . |
| 6 | The Eighth National Conference of the Young Communist League , held at Bermondsey in February 1936 , marked the first serious attempt to broaden the appeal of the YCL . |
| 7 | In the United States , however , the rise in import penetration , all of which occurred in the 1960s , represented the first serious incursion this century by imported manufactured goods . |
| 8 | To judge from Timothy Day 's useful Discography of Tudor church music ( London , 1989 ) , they mark the first serious attempt to capture on record a representative sample of Byrd 's music . |
| 9 | Peter Jacobsen despatched the first serious shot of the Masters . |
| 10 | In the 74th minute Furlong forced Cherry to make the first serious save of the match , and soon afterwards the goalkeeper had to turn a shot from Flynn round a post . |
| 11 | Recognising this problem led scholars in the area to make the first serious use of what are called longitudinal studies . |