Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1967 too the Warsaw Pact states declared that West Germany should recognise East Germany as the first step to meaningful détente but Brandt could not yet go so far : most West Germans still hoped for the reunification of Germany . |
| 2 | In it he arrived , among many other discoveries , at the law of inertia later used by Isaac Newton as the first law of motion , at the parabola as the path of a projectile , at the relationships between distance and velocity and between distance and time , and at the continuity of acceleration . |
| 3 | The fact that Guatemala in 1954 had ‘ returned from Communism ’ ( and was regarded by the United States as the first country to do so ) increased Soviet reluctance to be perceived to be experiencing another ‘ loss ’ in the area ( even though they did not accept that Castro was embarking on a road towards Communism ) . |
| 4 | The FBO was bought by Toyota as a first step in learning more about the GA business . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Keegan has paid up the contracts of Billy Askew , David Keavney , Archie Gourlay , David Robinson and Anth Cole as the first step in a Geordie clear-out . |
| 7 | Even so , some medieval documents treat 1 January as the first day of the year of grace . |
| 8 | In the same camp are several largely left-wing popular movements that portray Maastricht as the first step towards a European superpower and the end of Denmark as an independent state . |
| 9 | Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The championships were reduced to an all-English affair when Adrian Davies , the Welsh No 1 , joined Nicol as a first day exit . |
| 12 | For although Piper 's manager Frank Warren thinks Benn believes he has made a big mistake in selecting Piper as a first challenger and does n't fancy the job , I suspect the opposite is true — he may think it is going to be too easy . |
| 13 | Of these classes , perhaps the most significant was the one established in April 1881 in Leeds with the local missioner Joseph Moreton as the first teacher . |
| 14 | In introducing General Secretary , Ciaran Ryan as the first speaker on behalf of the Association , Congress President , Tom Douglas said ‘ Our next speaker is from a new affiliate to Congress . |
| 15 | On the other hand , there were people like Spaak and the Italian premier , Alcide de Gasperi , who were prepared to accept things for what they were , to see the Council of Europe as a first step in the right direction , not an end — and a direction which they believed to be merely inevitable . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Will the Minister join me in welcoming the proposals put forward by the provisional liquidator and the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi as a first step towards a settlement of the problem ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The rapid growth of adult missions and societies prompted a few determined men led by James Paul to found the National Deaf and Dumb Society in 1879 , with James Paul as the first secretary . |
| 20 | Paul as the First Heretic |
| 21 | Commentators claimed that it would help Sevan in his efforts to persuade hardline mujaheddin groups , in particular Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 's Hezb-i-Islami , to attend an " Afghan gathering " in Europe in April as a first step towards the establishment of an interim government . |
| 22 | A. As a first stage , having a total cholesterol test will pick up those who have a problem which may be putting their health at risk . |
| 23 | Later Turkish historians are thus almost universally in accord in naming Molla Fenari as the first Mufti and — on the assumption that Rifat Efendi 's version simply results from a slip which Ahmed Refik has not noticed in placing his appointment in the time of Murad II , with some historians giving the date 828/1424–5 for the appointment . |
| 24 | It has been shown above that the accepted Turkish tradition dates the beginning of the Muftilik in the time of Murad II ( 1421–51 ) and names Molla Fenari as the first Mufti . |
| 25 | An office was rented in St Albans and a small staff was appointed , with Michael Hardman as the first editor of publications , responsible for both What 's Brewing and the new and immediately successful Good Beer Guide , which listed all the known outlets for real ale . |
| 26 | His fantasy would more probably have been of Robyn as the first female , naked centre-forward for Birmingham City . |