Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] first [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lost , thereby achieving the distinction of becoming the first person in history who could be proved to have failed his degree . |
| 2 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 3 | There were two daughters of the marriage , the elder , Irene , in 1906 becoming the first woman in London to be arrested in the cause of militant feminism . |
| 4 | Doi , 62 , had been elected leader of the SDPJ ( then named the Japan Socialist Party — see below ) in 1986 , thereby becoming the first woman in Japan to head a major political party . |
| 5 | The dust wagon came up to the warehouse today , the usual they 'd got halfway to emptying the first dustbin in the back |
| 6 | But writing the first edition in the midst of the Common Market discussions of 1972 , it seemed appropriate to remark that Britain decided some 200 million years ago to remain with Europe rather than depart with North America . |
| 7 | Leading the first equation in ( 3.34 ) by two periods and taking expectations of both equations in ( 3.34 ) , conditional on information dated t t we can write : |
| 8 | SUE HOLWELL , the England sweeper , had the honour of scoring the first goal in the Women 's Typhoo National League when it got underway on Saturday . |
| 9 | Crown counsel informed defence counsel of an inconsistency between the sister 's testimony and her first statement without showing him that statement or revealing that she had made a second statement confirming the first statement in that respect . |
| 10 | The secret consistory decided to send Guido , cardinal bishop of Preneste , who was to be joined by Octavian , cardinal bishop of Ostia ( described as " holding the first place in the Roman Church after us " ) , at present acting as legate in France , and the pope 's own emissary , Master Philip the notary , to be present at a council to decide the imperial succession . |
| 11 | Listening and speaking ; Lado ( 1964 ) explains that this approach to language teaching considers listening and speaking the first task in language learning , followed by the mastering of the reading and writing skills . |
| 12 | Sally Lescher 's Conservation Management is giving a first exhibition in London to Glaswegian portraitist , John Boyd ( to 24 July ) , whose thickly brushed nude studies and landscapes have won admiration in Scotland . |
| 13 | In its internal history for the Joint Chiefs of Staff , their secretariat give them the credit ( or blame ) for taking the first step in shifting the battle for Asia from China to Southeast Asia . |
| 14 | Your selection to receive this invitation , and the allocation , exclusively to you , of seven numbers that you alone can enter in the draw , means that you could be just one step away from winning the first prize in this £40,000 draw — which would give you the choice that I mentioned between a lump sum and an income for life . |
| 15 | A Babycham survey revealed that 83% of men favour women making the first move in relationships . |
| 16 | She was a student at Newnham College , Cambridge , from 1896 to 1899 , obtaining a first class in part i of the natural sciences tripos ( 1898 ) and a second class in part ii ( 1899 ) . |
| 17 | He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College , Oxford , obtaining a first class in modern history in 1887 . |
| 18 | Educated at the City of London School , he saw active service in France in 1918 and then read history at Merton College , Oxford , obtaining a first class in modern history in 1922 , and a D.Phil. in 1924 with a thesis on The Last Florentine Republic ( published in 1925 ) . |
| 19 | This is Anne Loye receiving the First Prize in a Fitness competition held at a Butlin 's Holiday Camp . |
| 20 | Deadly Duncan was the winner , striking the first blow in the 20th minute . |