Example sentences of "to [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall look forward to seeing the first edition , then . |
| 2 | The dust wagon came up to the warehouse today , the usual they 'd got halfway to emptying the first dustbin in the back |
| 3 | The Americans and French both lay claim to staging the first automobile race . |
| 4 | With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band . |
| 5 | The development of its taste for small water creatures as a main ingredient in its omnivorous diet may be similar to the trend that occurred in our own ancient ancestors during the intermediate stage on the way to becoming the first hunting primates . |
| 6 | Sony will shortly upgrade this to the Extended Architecture standard enabling CD-ROM to beat portable CD-I to becoming the first multimedia handheld units to reach the commercial market . |
| 7 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
| 8 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 9 | The composer 's extensive treatment of this theme comes very close to toppling the first movement 's structure in some versions , where virtually every note is caressed to the point of near-suffocation . |
| 10 | An extensive seismic programme will begin in the second half of 1992 with a view to drilling the first exploration well in late 1993 . |
| 11 | The measures range from renaming the health ministry the Department of Health and Community Care , with a Community Care Minister , to allocating the first tranche of extra resources to cut waiting lists . |
| 12 | They may be intended to help people to be more aware of their own interests and abilities with a view to taking the first steps towards any of these possibilities . |
| 13 | As a result , I am assured Mr Lee can look forward to receiving a first payment by the beginning of next week . |