Example sentences of "[adv] [num] of the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aware of Joyce 's work throughout its progress , Samuel Beckett was naturally one of the first to recognize the significance of its ‘ autonomy of language ’ . |
| 2 | Ethel , with her good looks , height and dancing standards , was naturally one of the first to be sent across . |
| 3 | So one of the first things I did with Clive after hypnotizing him was to ask him simple questions — ‘ What is your full name ? ’ , |
| 4 | So one of the first things many of us seek to find out about other people is what they do . |
| 5 | So one of the first issues to be resolved , as Steve Heath , director of 88open operations in Europe sees it , is to define the ways in which different compilers interpret source code and how , in turn , operating systems use different compilers and compilation techniques . |
| 6 | So one of the first issues to be resolved , as Steve Heath , director of 88open operations in Europe sees it , is to define the ways in which different compilers interpret source code and how , in turn , operating systems utilise different compilers and compilation techniques . |
| 7 | And it 's So one of the first thing to do is to get your axes marked so that when you 're putting stuff in , you know which is which . |
| 8 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 9 | John was a substantial magnate but , in terms of land held in hereditary right , not one of the first rank . |
| 10 | It was still one of the first clear successes for the British antinuclear campaigners . |
| 11 | In the event of a coup d'état or any other kind of change in government , the radio building is always one of the first to be visited by the new administration , brought under control , and used to signal to the rest of the country and the world beyond what has taken place . |
| 12 | After that , the aim was to proceed relatively quickly with a fourth Hinkley station , possibly one of the first commercially operated fast breeder reactors . |
| 13 | I am usually one of the first to try out any new development . |
| 14 | Tourist receipts are volatile , for holidays are usually one of the first casualties of reduced family expenditure during a recession . |
| 15 | She was usually one of the first in . |
| 16 | It starts off one of the first things we did n't like was the title . |
| 17 | A banner group was started 10 years ago in QP , probably one of the first in Scotland . |
| 18 | It is intended to become an actual OSF Distributed Management Environment ( DME ) product , probably one of the first , as that technology becomes available , according to Unix systems management director Roy Shiderly . |
| 19 | He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others . |
| 20 | I remember clearly one of the first times I gave a word of knowledge . |
| 21 | He was also one of the first members of the British Deaf Association when that was formed in 1890 . |
| 22 | They were also one of the first bands to sample . ’ |
| 23 | He was also one of the first to insist that the discovery of the root cause of a problem is an essential first stage in the achievement of a cure . |
| 24 | Although this interest in pseudo-historical connections was Morgan 's primary concern , he was also one of the first anthropologists to understand that the names used to designate relatives are not simply determined by linguistic rules without reference to social factors ; kinship terms have an important social dimension , since relatives grouped together and called by the same term exhibit , at least in certain respects , shared patterns of behaviour . |
| 25 | He was also one of the first County Advisers to persuade his authority that the impact of original works of art on children was very valuable , and so every year a sum was allotted to buy paintings , drawings , and even pieces of small sculpture , as well as lithographs and engravings , to be used in the schools themselves . |
| 26 | His slightly later work on the influence of alcohol and caffeine on fatigue was also one of the first experiments to rely on a ‘ double-blind procedure ’ . |
| 27 | After qualifying , he settled at Bath , where he set up one of the first acute psychiatric units in a general hospital in the country . |
| 28 | Kenrick Wynne-Jones set up one of the first and best organised of them in Newcastle Wynne-Jones 's work for the Labour Party , added to his success as a chemist , made him a clear choice as a working member of the House of Lords . |
| 29 | Parents and teachers have set up one of the first toy libraries in the country for visually handicapped children . |
| 30 | Bunyan was now one of the first Nonconformists to be arrested for preaching illegally . |