Example sentences of "been the first [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kingdom of Greece had a longer history ; the Greeks had been the first subject people to break free from Ottoman rule after 1815 . |
| 2 | The Randalstown club came ever so close to taking the title for the first time , and had they done so they arguably would have been the first second division club to win Ireland 's blue riband team championship . |
| 3 | And if I may Mr chairman , something that 's happened in the last few days , that 's er evident that er the been the first satellite survey in this country ever which is now beginning to show to the nation , just in fact the damage that roads have been doing and that there 's in fact now some suggestion from government that they may be rethinking some elements of these roads , because the environmental impact has not really been taken into account as effectively before . |
| 4 | Malcolm stoically prevented what would have been the first Test hat-trick in England since 1960 , but soon became Waqar 's record 22nd wicket of the series , leaving Smith a gallant 84 not out in four hours of great determination , to finish on the high note upon which he started the series , since which there had been much disappointment . |
| 5 | He had swiftly risen to prominence during student demonstrations in favour of a multiparty system in Tirana in December 1990 , and the DP had that month been the first opposition party to be formed [ see p. 37924 ] . |
| 6 | I began there as someone who was already a professor , I had been the first woman Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the country . |
| 7 | Those who were approached would almost certainly have included Trevor Glover of Penguin ( who as a former president of the Australian Book Publishers Association offered unique experience to the post ) , Paula Hahn of Longman ( who , if she had accepted , would have been the first woman president in the PA 's history ) , Simon Masters of Random House , John Clement of Chambers , Philip Sturrock of Cassell , David Young of HarperCollins , and the current treasurer , Philip Kogan of Kogan Page . |
| 8 | Because I mean that would have been the first job offer . |
| 9 | iii ) The most recent pilot course has been the first Post-Graduate Diploma course in Interpreting Training Techniques , funded , like the other pilots , by the Nuffield Foundation and held at the Polytechnic of Central London in 1989 . |
| 10 | There was no way of being certain how long she 'd spent on the ward ; it might have been six weeks or six years , but she was guessing at six months because this had been the first commission review that she 'd received . |
| 11 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |