Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Sunday Correspondent has received its first brace of libel writs , with one from Emma Samms over ‘ Fresh evidence widens Eagle Trust scandal ’ in the 1 October edition and another from Jonathan Maxwell Wylie Samuelson , who claims he was libelled in the same article and also in one headed ‘ Payments to Samuelson Jnr ’ in the 17 September issue . |
| 2 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has received its first order from South Africa : the South African Weather Bureau in Pretoria wants a Cray Y-MP2E supercomputer . |
| 3 | David Feherty , who , like Richardson , has received his first Masters invitation , had much the same experience . |
| 4 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 5 | The new status system for racing under SARA rules has claimed its first victim . |
| 6 | Cooksley was 21 last Saturday , Turner is 24 and Bunce has earned his first cap at 30 . |
| 7 | IN THE closing years of the twentieth century , the wind-swept island of Foula , 20 miles west of the main Shetland group , has reported its first recorded case of vandalism . |
| 8 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 9 | MIDDLESBROUGH offshore business Northern Ocean Services has won its first major contract in seven years of operating from the former Smiths Docks site . |
| 10 | CCG has won its first major contract with BT Marine Ltd to provide catering and housekeeping services on board the 4,750 ton support ship the MV Discovery . |
| 11 | CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field . |
| 12 | He has won his first five fights inside the distance and is scheduled to fight again in Phoenix before flying home to Belfast . |
| 13 | THE golfer Sandy Lyle has won his first contract to design an 18-hole championship course , about 25 miles from Berlin . |
| 14 | The Carroll Group 's £3m refurbishment of Martin 's Building in Water Street , Liverpool , has secured its first major letting . |
| 15 | Howard thinks to himself that he must write to his children tonight and tell them that he has seen his first angels . |
| 16 | ROYAL decorator Nina Campbell has written her first book . |
| 17 | Terence Stamp has written his first novel |
| 18 | TERENCE Stamp has written his first novel , The Night , to be published in February . |
| 19 | The scriptwriter of My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid has written his first published novel which , like the two films , is plump with challenging statements about class , race , and sex . |
| 20 | Sheron has collected his first Under-21 cap and his first Young Eagle of the Month Award . |
| 21 | And Gordon has done his first deal with his wife Maggie McKernan . |
| 22 | Steel purchase : British Steel has made its first major acquisition since privatisation , buying private group C Walker & Sons , of Blackburn , for £330m . |
| 23 | Gulfstream Aerospace has made its first sale of a Gulfstream IV business jet to the U.S. Air Force . |
| 24 | Mountain View , California-based X-Window System terminal specialist Network Computing Devices Inc has made its first acquisition and has filed to go public with an initial offer of 2.5m shares at between $12 and $14 a share . |
| 25 | The RAF has made its first parachute drops in Britain since fire destroyed sixty percent of the parachutes used by the Armed Forces . |
| 26 | It devalued the coinage of the pediment and , by inference , cheapened those masterworks of the past in which the pediment has made its first noble appearance . |
| 27 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
| 28 | MICHAEL Heseltine , the Trade Secretary , has made his first decision in the new office . |
| 29 | The new Education Secretary has made his first school visit since taking office . |
| 30 | The 28-year-old has made his first shift from children 's telly with the Friday evening showbiz slot ‘ Entertainment Express ’ where he works alongside Selina Scott — and he is loving it . |