Example sentences of "[adv] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became arguably the first industrial designer , working in ceramic , glass , metal , furniture , wallpapers , and textiles . |
| 2 | Was this , perhaps the first 5-point try scored in this country ? |
| 3 | The Commission 's action against Dennis Levine was perhaps the first major success . |
| 4 | Perhaps the first significant initiative came from France , although the Dutch politician , Sicco Mansholt , had already drafted a plan for agricultural free trade that would benefit Western Europe as a whole , but especially the cost-effective Netherlands agricultural industry . |
| 5 | But if Charles was the first Carolingian , and perhaps the first medieval king , to show an insider 's appreciation of contemporary scholarship , he had ( directly or indirectly ) his mother to thank . |
| 6 | So the first overseas brewery was built at Park Royal , London , in 1936 . |
| 7 | So the first hopeful sign of realignment coming out of Labour 's leadership election was when Bryan Gould espoused devaluation — and the first disappointment was how rapidly he retreated when John Smith 's camp let it be known that , in their eyes , this disqualified Bryan as deputy leader . |
| 8 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 9 | The measure is not only the first full-scale law passed by the Supreme Soviet in its new incarnation as a professional legislature . |
| 10 | ( Recall Keynes 's retention of the ‘ real wage equals marginal product ’ principle , so that only the first marginal condition failed to hold in the General Theory model . ) |
| 11 | Vivian Endicott Barnett , ex-Guggenheim curator and author of the ongoing catalogue raisonné of Kandinsky 's watercolours , has put together the first major exhibition of the artist 's work on paper . |
| 12 | Which brings us to the blockbusting Italy issue arranged by Morgan Stanley , the US investment bank which put together the first US-style issue in Europe with an offering for New Zealand in August . |
| 13 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 14 | Thus the first important government report on depressed areas in the early 1930s concluded that such areas ‘ can only escape from the vicious cycle , where depression created unemployment and unemployment intensified depression by means of some positive external assistance ’ . |
| 15 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 16 | The quiteron is not the first superconducting device that engineers have considered for chips . |
| 17 | We know that Champagne was not the first sparkling wine : references in the Bible like ‘ wine … when it moveth itself ’ ( Proverbs 23:31 ) and ‘ Neither do men put new wine into old bottles ; else the bottles break ’ ( Matthew 9:17 ) confirm the existence of sparkling wine long before viticulture was even introduced to the Champagne region . |
| 18 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 19 | The Hall of Fame is not the first international honour awarded to Professor Solomons . |
| 20 | The " Vouillé " campaign was not the first Frankish invasion of Visigothic Aquitaine . |
| 21 | However , the Abu Dhabi office is not the first overseas-based venture for J&F Johnston . |
| 22 | The BBC was not the first public corporation and by no means the last . |
| 23 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 24 | It was not the first British Empire . |
| 25 | ‘ You are not the first English person to have admired Maria 's cooking . ’ |
| 26 | Eadric Streona 's raid on St David 's in 1012 was not the first English incursion of Æthelred 's reign , and Cnut had been opposed by Welsh allies of Edmund Ironside in 1016 , and felt it necessary to settle several Scandinavian earls in the west midlands , one of whom , Eglaf , ravaged Dyfed in 1022 ; it is Welsh , not English , sources which record his flight from England after Cnut 's death . |
| 27 | Laura was not the first English designer with a puritanical streak . |
| 28 | There had been an English career Consul in Madeira since 1658 ( although this was not the first foreign consulate ) , and by 1680 there were ten English wine-shippers in the island . |
| 29 | This was not the first false alarm designed to draw the police into an ambush , although no one had been ambushed so far . |
| 30 | Nicholas was not the first Scottish star who has made the error of moving to London in the belief that the terraces are paved with gold . |