Example sentences of "[prep] [be] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honour of being the first Hearts player to captain Scotland since Dave Mackay in the Fifties was tarnished for Craig Levein when he gifted Germany the opening goal of the game after 19 minutes . |
| 2 | But she is conscious of being the first contact customers and suppliers have with the company and of the need to keep cool under fire . |
| 3 | This acclaimed the accolade of being the first steam locomotive on the railway ! |
| 4 | He enjoys still the odd distinction of being the first person to take a soil sample at what later became the NATO headquarters at Mönchen Gladbach . |
| 5 | She is very proud of being the first person ever to sit on her ; Pauline broke the pony and the two have done all the training since , with professional help in the later stages from instructor Mal Kendall . |
| 6 | The Lions fell behind after 10 minutes before centre Jeremy Guscott had the distinction of being the first Lions ' scorer of the tour in the 24th minute . |
| 7 | I had the privilege of being the first Secretary of State for the Environment when we combined the Ministry of Public Works , the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Transport . |
| 8 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday described lifting the Rumbelows Cup as the proudest moment of his life , then suggested the honour of being the first Manchester United captain to do so should have gone to Bryan Robson . |
| 9 | He has the distinction of being among Britain 's 100 richest men , and also of being the first man to be kicked out of Lloyd 's — in 1982 for ‘ discreditable conduct ’ . |
| 10 | With ‘ Come gentle swains ’ ( xxiv ) Cavendish has the distinction of being the first composer to introduce into a printed collection the English refrain which three years later concluded every composition in Morley 's collection dedicated to Elizabeth I , The Triumphs of Oriana ( 1601 ) : then sang the shepherds and nimphes of Diana Long live faire Oriana . |
| 11 | In many markets , however , the identity of the firm initiating a price change may vary over time , possibly to avoid the impression that there is a price leader , or to spread more equitably the unpopularity of being the first firm to raise prices . |
| 12 | THE Northern Echo had the honour of being the first newspaper available on CD-Rom . |
| 13 | UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector . |
| 14 | Trafalgar came within a hair 's breadth of being the first company to be taken to court by the Financial Reporting Review Panel last year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November , p 10 ) . |
| 15 | It was on an overseas tour with Newcastle that Gallacher earned the dubious notoriety of being the first player to be accused of being drunk in charge of a football . |
| 16 | Another goal by Newcastle completed Arsenal 's fall between the two stools of Cup and League , and gave United the distinction of being the first team to win a Cup final after being a goal down . |
| 17 | Class 313 units are also used on the suburban service between Euston and Watford Junction , to which service fell the honour of being the first line to be given a NSE total route refurbishment programme and branded ‘ Harlequin' . |
| 18 | Nicknamed ‘ Alpha ’ , she has the distinction of being the first woman , Regular or TA , to gain the coveted Provost Marshal 's Gold Whistle award for being top on her recruits ' course . |
| 19 | Maureen has the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the Officer Board to a position other than Women 's Special Representative . |
| 20 | That 's what I mean , because if , I guarantee if someone was put in a situation with blood everywhere and that , with being the first aider they 've got to stay calm , but I , I 'd say fifty per cent of all people would pick that kid up and run like hell |
| 21 | It is probably a conflation of the Bladud legend with that of Simon Magus who appears in the canonical Acts of the Apostles and the apocryphal Acts of Peter and who is credited with being the first teacher of the Gnostic heresy . |
| 22 | We have moved house five times in 12 years and although moving itself is stressful , I think what 's more difficult to cope with is the first month when all the foibles of the new house are discovered . |
| 23 | When the Eighth Army turned and stood for what was to be the first battle of Alamein , a tiny force consisting of the 11th Field Regiment and a part of the Essex Regiment was rushed to the Ruweisat Ridge with orders to plug the vital gap between the South African positions on the coast and the New Zealanders on the edge of the Quattara Depression . |
| 24 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 25 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 26 | The surgeon 's knife was to be the first act , and possibly the only act , of that no one could be certain . |
| 27 | Cape Horn has always been a challenge and something he wanted to do … he says the aim is to be the first school group to sail around the world … the other aspect is the whole challenge of the voyage |
| 28 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 29 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
| 30 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |