Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [was/were] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | CD began writing up his travels for the Daily News , of which he was the first editor , and 8 ‘ Travelling Letters ’ appeared there between 21 Jan. and 11 Mar. 1846 , ending with the section entitled ‘ Piacenza to Bologna ’ in the book ; the ‘ Travelling Letters ’ were revised , and the remaining sections written for its publication as Pictures from Italy in May 1846 ( Bradbury & Evans , 1 vol . ) . |
| 2 | James Huntingford , an attorney of Odiham , was appointed secretary ; he was later to become secretary of the London committee , an executive offshoot of the Odiham Agricultural Society which was eventually to undertake the actual institution of the London Veterinary College , of which he was the first secretary . |
| 3 | At Cambridge his research centred around the embryology , anatomy , and taxonomy of Polyzoa and Cephalodiscus , for which he was the first of the Cambridge zoologists to use the binocular microscope . |
| 4 | The second is that it is in relation to this period that one finds a quite separate account of the origins of the Muftilik advanced , namely Katib Celebi 's view that the office originated not with Molla Fenari in Bursa or Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne but rather with Hizir Bey in Istanbul , the Muftilik being for his tenure , and for some time alter , a to the post of kadi of Istanbul , of which he was the first holder . |
| 5 | We worked together to form the committee for the release of Soviet Jewry , of which he was the first secretary and I the first chairman . |