Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] as the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the system of rotating leadership Mesic was due to assume office on May 15 as the first non-communist president . |
| 2 | The BTO/BASF Garden Bird Survey started in September 1987 as the first ever , year-round study of garden birds . |
| 3 | Unix International last week described SunSoft Inc as the first reference technology supplier to be chosen under its new expanded technology selection process ( UX No 422 ) . |
| 4 | Digital Equipment Corp has signed Lechmere Inc as the first independent direct retailer for its line of printers for MS-DOS and the Mac . |
| 5 | Begum Khaleda Zia , leader of the centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP ) , was sworn in on March 20 as the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh . |
| 6 | To coincide with world environment day , the government announced Operation Amazonia on June 5 as the first stage in a drive to combat the destruction of the rainforest . |