Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] as the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peterle said that he did not view the planned date of Slovenia 's declaration of independence as the first day of full independence , but rather as a step in a gradual process . |
| 2 | It was common for Western Christians of the Middle Ages to see these two friends of Jesus as the first exponents of the active and contemplative life respectively . |
| 3 | The 1980 Child Care Act placed the duty of promoting the welfare of children as the first responsibility of social service departments . |
| 4 | Returned Volunteer Action — A grant of £10,737 was approved towards the core costs of RVA as the first of a three year commitment . |
| 5 | Alright , let's we 've looked at design of training as the first step you know identifying training needs and then design . |
| 6 | Domination of English as the first foreign language . |
| 7 | A massive Orc army is defeated at the Battle of Black Fire Pass ( in the year -1 ) , a resounding defeat which paved the way for the accession of Sigmar as the first Emperor . |
| 8 | Its convenience and ease of use , however , together with its lack of serious side effects , should encourage use of glucagon as the first line treatment for hypoglycaemia . |
| 9 | His fantasy would more probably have been of Robyn as the first female , naked centre-forward for Birmingham City . |
| 10 | From the moment of its entry into action as the first all-American unit involved in the war , the Lafayette Squadron became the object of immense publicity throughout the United States . |
| 11 | So St William 's invites itself for adoption as the first party to a partnership in a universal sense . |
| 12 | As Smith commented , it is incomprehensible that Moorcroft does not appear to have been considered for appointment as the first Professor of the London College . |
| 13 | Following negotiations between the members of the ruling coalition , Franco Carraro was elected in mid-December as the first Socialist mayor of the city . |
| 14 | Magnus Magnusson , TV presenter , president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , chair of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and currently chair of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland , will be taking on the most demanding environmental job in Scotland as the first chair of the new agency . |
| 15 | He became a cult figure in Russia as the first cartoon character in space , the guest of honour on board a rocket celebrating the end of the Cold War . |
| 16 | On Nov. 23 , 1989 , Mgr Jozef Kowalczyk arrived in Warsaw as the first Vatican nuncio to Poland since 1945 . |
| 17 | Yet neither side , partly because of the very existence of the truce , partly because of its own domestic divisions ( which were becoming more serious in France as the first decade of the new century progressed ) wished to raise fundamental issues . |
| 18 | It was also the quickest 400 metres hurdles in the world this year — clinching her place in history as the first European to win this event . |
| 19 | It was also the quickest 400 metres hurdles in the world this year — clinching her place in history as the first European to win this event . |
| 20 | I announced on 15 January the establishment , with the joint support of British Aerospace , of Hutton grammar school in Lancashire as the first voluntary-aided technology school . |
| 21 | In a general election on July 19 , 1987 [ see pp. 35388-90 ] , the PSD , which under Cavaco Silva had been ruling as a minority administration , was returned to parliament as the first government since 1974 to command an absolute majority . |
| 22 | I still commend this report to council as the first real stride along the road we have to take , there 's no choice about that . |
| 23 | Though O'Conor refers to Field as the first of the true piano romantics , he doubts if it is possible to define the major influences on Field 's development . |
| 24 | Vietnam — The country not the war is scheduled for 7.15pm on Sunday 24 November on BBC2 as the first of the new Natural World series . |
| 25 | The announcement , made on Wednesday as the first £50,000 raised by public appeal was handed to the health authority to start work on the unit , came after a group of fund raising committee members expressed concern that the unit would open in phases . |
| 26 | Inspired by his uncle , Miescher went , at the age of 25 , to Tübingen as the first pupil of Felix Hoppe-Seyler ( 1825–1895 ) , the young professor of the then new science of physiological chemistry . |
| 27 | The people who can really lay a claim on hipness as the first to promote the workwear cause , though , are the Authentic Americana Nuts who want their lives to resemble Happy Days ; the readers of the small ads in a magazine like the biker title Back Street Heroes ; and Scottish rig workers , who have been targeted by foreign workwear companies as the natural customers all along . |
| 28 | A policy of normalisation to ensure that the circumstances of children in care should be as near to those of children not in care , to be achieved through planning for permanency , was formulated ; and a practice of finding alternative families for children as the first choice , using residential care mainly as a brief transitional experience , was implemented . |