Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intergraph Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $7.7m after a gain of $2.5m on a change in the way tax is accounted for and a pre-tax restructuring charge of $2.6m , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 1.8% at $282.1m . |
| 2 | Intergraph Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $7.7m after a gain of $2.5m on a change in the way tax is accounted for and a pre-tax restructuring charge of $2.6m , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 1.8% at $282.1m . |
| 3 | Kendall Square Research Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $250,000 against a loss last time of $4.5m , on turnover of $11.4m against just $1.9m last time ; net earnings per share were $0.02 . |
| 4 | Sprint Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $23.6m , struck after a $12.3m loss from discontinued operations , against a profit last time of $106.3m , on turnover that rose 8.7% at $2,728m . |
| 5 | Ceridian Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $12.9m , compared with a loss last time of $34.1m , which included a loss from discontinued operations of $13.2m and a $41.8m charge from an accounting change , on turnover that increased 8.8% at $224.4m ; net earnings per share were $30 . |
| 6 | Amdahl Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $239.7m , struck after a $243m restructuring charge for lay-offs , against a profit last time of $4.4m , on turnover that slumped 23.5% at $380.7m . |
| 7 | Computervision Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $10.4m , down from a pro forma loss last time of $26.1m , on turnover down 19.3% at $220.9m . |
| 8 | Cray Computer Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $11.5m , down from a loss last time of $13.9m , on turnover that was unchanged at $83,000 . |
| 9 | Dun & Bradstreet Software Corp has launched the first of its Unix applications from the former Management Science America base in Atlanta . |
| 10 | A 70-year old woodland has become the first plantation forest to be declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) by English Nature . |
| 11 | SAAB has produced the first pictures of its first new car for quite some time , the new-look 900 . |
| 12 | AT&T Co has reported a first quarter net loss of $5,641m after a $7,020m charge for the accounting change on post-retirement benefits , and a gain of $383 for a tax accounting change , against a profit last time of $883m on turnover up 2.2% at $15,719m . |
| 13 | The Northern General Hospital National Health Service Trust in Sheffield has become the first hospital in the UK to install a Fibre Distributed Data Interface network : supplied by Cray Communications Ltd , the network is intended to run between eight hospital departments . |
| 14 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 15 | CANCER drug campaigner Janet Murray has had the first tablets which may give her a chance of a normal life . |
| 16 | Each of these three groups has made a first report at the time this Chapter was written . |
| 17 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
| 18 | Paris-based Thomson-CSF SA 's Must Software International SA has announced the first versions of its Nomad applications generator for Unix , starting with IBM Corp systems . |
| 19 | EDINBURGH District Council 's Construction Skills Training programme has won the first UK award for the use of new technology in training . |
| 20 | An Oxford priest has become the first in the country to announce he 'll leave the Church of England following the vote to ordain women priests . |
| 21 | A village which has been hit by a big increase in crime has become the first in Britain to install video cameras on its roads . |
| 22 | In some companies reading e-mail has become the first task of the morning . |
| 23 | The new republic of Hungary has become the first eastern European government to commit to open systems and will use X/Open 's XPG brand in procurement . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , under-pressure manager Malcolm Crosby has warned the First Division not to write his team out of the promotion picture . |
| 25 | He was counting his blessings having backed the first 3 horses that actually finished the race . |
| 26 | Pakistan had won the first ‘ Test ’ , at Karachi , by an innings and four runs . |
| 27 | Earlier , Malcolm Pyrah had won the first Olympic Talent Spotters Championship on It 's Me and , though he does not believe the small seven-year-old chestnut is potential Olympic material , he echoed the widespread praise for this new series of competitions . |
| 28 | Anterior and posterior images of 30 seconds durations were recorded at 15 minute intervals starting immediately after the subjects had ingested the first course of the meal . |
| 29 | It was February 3 : on Feb 4 , two years before , Richard Hadlee had become the first to reach this once-unthinkable total . |
| 30 | Dave Walsh and Roger Mear have made the first British ascent of mighty Nanga Parbat , 8,165 metres . |