Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moxon 's first revised plan was to continue the first innings on 317 for seven but he then decided to declare in an attempt to bowl out Somerset twice . |
| 2 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |
| 3 | Osbern 's next service to the revival of the old observances after his return from Bec was to write the first coherent Life of Dunstan . |
| 4 | One of the earliest projects was to create the first out-patient clinic at St Stephen 's Hospital in London . |
| 5 | The bitch , Rintelna the Chatelaine , was to whelp the first litter born in Australia , having been mated prior to leaving the UK . |
| 6 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
| 7 | This was to accompany the first showing in Europe of the musical Narnia , which played in All Hallows by the Tower . |
| 8 | The decision was to pursue the first option with some changes to current legislation : stronger investigative powers for the Director General of Fair Trading ; permitting the Director General to accept enforceable undertakings from companies before an investigation under the Competition Act , or in lieu of a monopoly reference under the Fair Trading Act ; and scope for interim orders under the Competition Act to prohibit specific activities by a firm where there is a risk of serious damage to a competitor , supplier , or customer during the period of the MMC's investigation . |
| 9 | She had brought a case for legal compensation for her dead children 's lives and for her own suffering and one of her few recorded public utterances was to call the first offer of compensation " pitiful " . |
| 10 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
| 11 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
| 12 | Bruin was to become the first Rottweiler to gain the title ‘ Champion ’ in the Working Trials arena . |
| 13 | In June 1788 Charles Vial , the Frenchman who was to become the first Professor of the London Veterinary College in 1791 , arrived in England with letters of introduction from Pierre-Marie Auguste Broussonet ( 1761–1807 ) to Sir Joseph Banks PRS ( 1743–1820 ) , Samuel Foart Simmons MD , FRS ( 1750–1813 ) and Dr P.D . |
| 14 | In 1656 John Washington left Sulgrave and sailed for America where his descendant was to become the first President . |
| 15 | As a result the IDA began what was to become the first step in the desperate local search for a toxic dump site . |
| 16 | And Henshaw was to become the first money man of the underground . |
| 17 | Harriet 's first big move was to become the first girl to win the British Junior Championships . |