Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Captain Owen commissioned Leven , a ship-sloop , and the brig Barracouta in 1821 for his survey of the east coast of Africa , Vidal was appointed first lieutenant in Leven . |
| 2 | Vladimir Meciar ( PAV ) , Interior Minister in the outgoing Slovak government , was appointed Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic on June 27 ; Carnogursky was appointed First Deputy Premier . |
| 3 | Jean-Paul was travelling first class . |
| 4 | Crane was sent first thing in the morning into the forest to find out if there were signs that anyone had passed during the night between the ride and the Swamp . |
| 5 | In 1875 Stuart was elected first professor of mechanism and applied mechanics at Cambridge , and pioneered the new courses . |
| 6 | In January 1943 the Ministry of Town and Country Planning Bill was introduced , providing for the appointment of a Minister whose ‘ sole ministerial responsibility is in connection with town and country planning ’ ; the Bill was passed in February and W.S. Morrison was appointed first Minister . |
| 7 | THE Ritzy nightclub in Bromborough was awarded first place in the regional heat of the 1993 Molson British Entertainment and Discotheque Awards . |
| 8 | In 1901 Bolton was appointed first headmaster of the new day school at the Architectural Association . |