Example sentences of "the first [noun pl] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first structures to be considered must be the defences themselves , especially those which protected only an essential core , even though it may extend beyond the government installations . |
| 2 | The first proposals to be approved were Berkshire 's own scheme and a more radical one from North East London Polytechnic within the framework of its School for Independent Study . |
| 3 | She was one of the first women to be elected to the fellowship of the Linnean Society ( 1905 ) . |
| 4 | One of the first women to be awarded a master 's degree in business administration from Harvard University , Franklin had served in the White House under President Richard Nixon . |
| 5 | J. D. Hooker was one of the first scientists to be informed of Darwin 's new theory back in the 1840s , and he now came out in public support of the Origin of Species . |
| 6 | Two generals and 19 other officers became the first soldiers to be brought to trial in connection with the December 1989 coup attempt , when they appeared before a seven-member military court on May 8 on charges of mutiny and murder . |
| 7 | One of the first projects to be undertaken by the environmental group will be the publication of a manual entitled , Environmental Management for Hotels : the industry guide to best practice . |
| 8 | Sony Corp appointed Michael Schulhof , now vice-chairman of Sony USA Inc , to the post of president and chief executive of its US unit , which will be renamed Sony Corp of America : Schulhof joined Sony in 1974 after a mainly academic career as a physicist and worked on the development of the compact disk ; in 1989 , he became one of the first Americans to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company . |
| 9 | The first complaints to be formally filed were by British Columbia , Canadian raspberry producers and an Ontario paving company on April 6 , 1989 . |
| 10 | The style of the building is that of the 14th century , and it holds many monuments to previous rectors and the Bethell family , including a reference to Christopher Bethell who was one of the first whites to be killed in the Mafeking riots in July 1884 . |
| 11 | The first areas to be painted were the soles of the shoes , the cut edges of the leather and the shoe linings . |
| 12 | Managing Director of P&O European Ferries ( Portsmouth ) , Richard Martin , said : ‘ Sponsorship is often one of the first areas to be threatened during times of economic hardship . |
| 13 | Sugar was one of the first imports to be reprocessed and used in new products made in Britain , such as jams or biscuits or sweetened drinks . |
| 14 | After Henry Hanna 's hall , the first colleges to be established , as Peck tells us , were general schools open to all , such as Brazenose College by St. Paul 's Gate . |
| 15 | Some difficulties were experienced in the interpretation of SCOTVEC guidance documents , but this was to be expected as we were one of the first colleges to be involved in developing units for the HNC Pilot Scheme , and telephone communication with the SCOTVEC Curriculum Development Officers , who were most helpful , usually resolved them for us . |
| 16 | Shells were among the first substances to be held in high regard despite being of very limited use for practical purposes . |
| 17 | It was one of the first chapels to be built in the island . |
| 18 | Elena Pinguli and Mentor Belalla , both 17 , are the first Albanians to be allowed to study abroad for 50 years and are throwing themselves into college life with typical Albanian verve . |
| 19 | Whenever aircraft returned from raids the first persons to be allowed on board were the squadron armourers , whose job it was to make the bombs safe before anything else could be done , and this could be a highly tricky and dangerous undertaking , especially where incendiary bombs or those with time delay devices were concerned . |
| 20 | But the first auctions to be held after the traditional annual Christmas and January economic freeze showed the market to be surprisingly buoyant . |
| 21 | The first engines to be used in Scotland were erected in 1719 and 1720 , while in 1722 the first engine outside Britain was built in Hungary . |
| 22 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 23 | Was , your room one of the first ones to be done Heather ? |
| 24 | Two of them were among the first documentaries to be made about the war , and thus have considerable historical importance . |
| 25 | Prices for the first properties to be released are likely to be from just £49,995 . |
| 26 | When times are good , people spend relatively more on gambling ; when they are bad , gambling expenditure is one of the first things to be cut back . |
| 27 | Mr Marchant said nationally arts cost very little but was one of the first things to be cut . |
| 28 | Whenever oligarchy took over from democracy , pay for office was one of the first things to be abolished . |
| 29 | Bunyan was now one of the first Nonconformists to be arrested for preaching illegally . |
| 30 | Knowing that pickups are one of the first corners to be cut in budget guitars , I expected tameness if not lameness from the EX . |