Example sentences of "as the first [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Separated bridles linked to two lines enabled this American invention to be positioned within reasonable accuracy over any likely shipwreck victim.The kite was star shaped and would thus lack the refinement of current designs ; but nevertheless , it must be credited as the first of the steerables . |
| 2 | Spencer coined the term ‘ survival of the fittest ’ and has been seen by some historians as the first of the ‘ social Darwinists ’ . |
| 3 | Vietnam — The country not the war is scheduled for 7.15pm on Sunday 24 November on BBC2 as the first of the new Natural World series . |
| 4 | Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight . |
| 5 | The death of Aegidius was recorded within the account of the Loire wars in the Angers chronicle , and his son Syagrius later appears as the first of the opponents and victims of Childeric 's son Clovis . |
| 6 | Though O'Conor refers to Field as the first of the true piano romantics , he doubts if it is possible to define the major influences on Field 's development . |
| 7 | LIFESPAN will automatically use the last user of the current list as the first for the next list . |
| 8 | LIFESPAN will automatically use the last DC of the current list as the first for the next list . |
| 9 | The option always lists the SPRs in descending numerical order of identifier , presenting the highest SPR identifier in the specified range as the first in the list . |
| 10 | The option always lists the SSRs in descending numerical order of identifier , presenting the highest SSR identifier in the specified range as the first in the list . |