Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] make the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recognising this problem led scholars in the area to make the first serious use of what are called longitudinal studies . |
| 2 | The headmaster made the first speech , flags flew , the town band played a medley of the tunes of the old Ukraine , a hymn was sung . |
| 3 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 4 | And in 1923 the company made the first published record by a reigning British monarch , King George V and Queen Mary 's ‘ Empire Day Message to the Boys and Girls of the British Empire ’ ( 34 ) . |
| 5 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 6 | She became the elfin presence , the luck charm , the sweet pet of the forest : and when she was sixteen , she met William , four years her senior , a carpenter just out of his apprenticeship in Lorton — the next village on from Buttermere — who came every week to make the first selection of wood from her father 's stock . |
| 7 | In mid-February 1990 the Powers announced that German flights to Berlin would also be allowed and on Aug. 5 a plane made the first Lufthansa flight to a Berlin airport since 1945 landing at Schönefeld airport ( on the outskirts of East Berlin ) . |
| 8 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 9 | We will , of course , move as quickly as possible , but it is most unlikely that my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to make the first pay and conditions order under the new Act immediately upon the expiry of the 1987 Act on 31 March 1992 . |