Example sentences of "by [verb] [art] first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His team re-wrote the Turkish record books in the 1991/92 campaign by becoming the first to be undefeated in an entire League programme , joining Trabzonspor and Galatasaray as the only ones to win the championship three seasons running . |
| 2 | Although a recent constitutional amendment protected a new government from a motion of no confidence during the first 18 months of its existence , it appeared unlikely that Wingti 's new government would be strong enough to break the country 's traditional pattern of politics by becoming the first since independence to survive from one general election to the next . |
| 3 | A student has made education history by becoming the first in the country to pass a new exam . |
| 4 | Upon our arrival at the foot of the stairs the dog made it plain that stairs were an innovation he 'd not encountered before , by staging the first of many sit-down strikes . |
| 5 | The young soldier Lev Tolstoy made his literary debut by publishing the first of three Sevastopol " Stories in The Contemporary in June . |
| 6 | Having failed English Alevel , five years on he made up for this by getting a first for his thesis and a fine arts degree from Portsmouth Polytechnic . |
| 7 | In 1982 , Lloyd identified those needs and filled the vacuum by providing the first of the clubs that the 1990's tennis player — and his family — desired . |
| 8 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |