Example sentences of "[is] the first major [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Morrissey is the first major teen icon whose aesthetic is based around the conviction that rock'n'roll 's best years are ( in the ) past , that the premises of youth culture have been outflanked ( ‘ I Know It 's Over ’ ) .
2 It is the first major craft exhibition that South East Arts , your regional arts association , has organized .
3 Lawson : Ernst & Young is the first major accountancy firm to become an authorised implementor of Lawson Software 's financial and distribution applications .
4 Event organiser Dave Sargeant said : ‘ This is the first major fundraising event on our calendar in what we hope will be a bumper year .
5 Project manager , Rob Bolt said : ‘ This is the first major rebuilding contract undertaken by a HAT and is a very different market for us , as construction managers . ’
6 It 's the first major plastic slope in the country , and is on the site of ski area that used to offer reliable snowcover until the greenhouse effect got to work .
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