Example sentences of "a first in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 2 | The cost of an item shall be its cost of material ( excluding VAT ) on a First In First Out ( ‘ FIFO ’ ) basis plus attributable direct labour plus an amount to cover an appropriate proportion of related production overhead expenses , based on the normal level of activity . |
| 3 | This order is basically a First In First Out method with a simple modification . |
| 4 | She then went to Wycombe Abbey , left at seventeen and took a first in modern history from the Society of Home Students ( later St Anne 's College ) in Oxford in 1905 . |
| 5 | He was young to be going up to Cambridge , but was taken on there and gained a first in Preliminary Natural Sciences . |
| 6 | There he took three triposes in different subjects , securing a first in natural sciences ( 1907 ) , a second in history ( 1908 ) , and , after taking his BA , a first ( with distinction ) in modern languages ( French ) in 1909 . |
| 7 | Sophy Sanger was educated at Dr Elizabeth Dawes ' School , Weybridge , and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she read mathematics ( 1899–1902 ) and then moral sciences , narrowly missing a first in 1903 . |