Example sentences of "also the first [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Arthur Wilson was also the first deaf Briton to own a car , ( in 1896 ) and competed in races not only in cars or on cycles , but also on motor bikes . |
2 | It was also the first major examination in Britain of the whole nuclear controversy . |
3 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
4 | So if one picks fourth-wall busting as the decisive criterion , the first big sitcom was also the first postmodern sitcom . |
5 | In 1859 missionaries published Nigeria 's first paper , which was also the first African paper in an African language . |
6 | The Vogue LSE is also the first off-road vehicle to be fitted with electronic traction control ( ETC ) . |
7 | Prominent in artist-ministry public relations was the etcher Muirhead Bone , who was also the first British War Artist , serving as such in both World Wars . |
8 | Prominent in artist-ministry public relations was the etcher Muirhead Bone , who was also the first British War Artist , serving as such in both World Wars . |
9 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |
10 | This was the first UN resolution since 1978 which did not condemn Vietnam 's invasion of Cambodia and demand the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops ; it was also the first unanimous resolution on Cambodia . |
11 | It was also the first clear opening afforded to Kelly in 86 minutes of nonstop seeking . |
12 | Illustrator was also the first commercial program to avoid the Macintosh 's own graphics routines , QuickDraw , and produce its screen image by using PostScript . |
13 | And none of the Sicilian tyrants before Agathokles ( end of the fourth century ; he was also the first Sicilian to call himself basileus , king ) put his own name on his coinage — contrast the HIΠ-issue of Hippias of Athens ( B. V. Head ( 1911 ) Historia numorum , Oxford , edn 2 , p. 377 ) , admittedly a coinage struck in exile at Sigeion , c.500 BC , but one which shows that the idea of a coin with an individual 's name on it was at least thinkable that early . |
14 | Malaise and appreciable increases in serum transaminase activities coincided with a marked increase in the number of hepatocytes staining for HDAg and also the first histological appearance of HBcAg ( Fig 6 ) . |
15 | It was also the first pneumatic malting to be built in Europe , incorporating machinery from America . |
16 | It was also the first direct aid ever paid to exploration companies in Ireland . |