Example sentences of "and the first [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Blake was missing was not discovered until 7.20 p.m. and the first call to the police did not occur until 7.43 p.m. so Blake had roughly two hours ' start . |
| 2 | I flung open my double-glazed windows before I went to sleep and the first call to prayer of the Muslim day was a strident awakening . |
| 3 | It is a striking reminder of the pastoral rural life of long ago and the first pointer to the fact that one is entering ancient quarters . |
| 4 | If A11 = 0 we can bring any non-zero element to the A11 position by the use of I we can then reduce this element to unity by the use of I(l) , and then reduce all the remaining elements of the first row and the first column to zero using I(k) . |
| 5 | ‘ The circumstances of our times ’ , he had then said in his Report to the Committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws , ‘ render a change in our internal policy respecting the poor and the working classes absolutely necessary ; and the first question to be decided by every man of all ranks is : shall the alteration be made under the guidance of moderation and wisdom , foreseeing and gradually preparing each step , one regularly after another , thereby preventing a single premature advance — or , shall the change be effected by ignorance and prejudice , under the baneful influence of [ anger and violence ] … . |
| 6 | As such it became the Science Museum 's first aircraft and the first aircraft to be entered into a museum in the UK ( if not the world ) at the same time . |
| 7 | Twenty-seven research institutes will collaborate as working groups and the first buildings to be the object of conservation have been decided upon . |
| 8 | Design work is now progressing rapidly and the GBS is gradually taking shape within the dry dock constructed by McNamara , and the first concrete to the base slab will be placed in late March or early April . |
| 9 | Then we all started demanding cheap food and the first thing to be sacrificed , along with the freedom of a chicken to scratch for worms , was flavour . |
| 10 | And the first thing to be said is that , on their own , beliefs do n't cause actions . |
| 11 | The first is that the book is written for engineers ; project management is for many the first form of management they encounter and the first form to which they are appointed . |