Example sentences of "the first [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The first body-blow to this belief was dealt by Kinsey , Pomeroy and Martin , who concluded that , far from a high-point of sexual feeling and tension existing only in the earlier adult years and continuing only to around the mid-fifties , sexuality and sexual activity decline after youth only in the most gradual way , with no set or probable point of cessation .
2 The first structures to be considered must be the defences themselves , especially those which protected only an essential core , even though it may extend beyond the government installations .
3 Bernhard Langer got the first blow in by hitting a great second shot over the Swilcan Burn at the first hole to only a few inches , about a foot I guess , and birdied to go one nearer the lead .
4 The first proposals to be approved were Berkshire 's own scheme and a more radical one from North East London Polytechnic within the framework of its School for Independent Study .
5 In 1977 a female student at the University of Missouri became the first patient to be turned from a woman to a man by means of surgery .
6 It includes the appointment of the first women to his Cabinet , Gillian Shephard and Virginia Bottomley , and cuts its average age from 54 to 51 .
7 She took great delight in physical freedom , was one of the first women to cycle , loved to row , and climbed the Matterhorn twice .
8 She was one of the first women to be elected to the fellowship of the Linnean Society ( 1905 ) .
9 One of the first women to be awarded a master 's degree in business administration from Harvard University , Franklin had served in the White House under President Richard Nixon .
10 COMPARED to Wednesday 's winter blizzards , which had reduced the first day to 27 instead of 36 holes , the conditions for the Peter McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath yesterday were wonderful — icy winds and leaden skies with just the occasional hint of a watery sun .
11 Er , she 's been at the , well something I did n't know , she 's been at the depot the shortest time of all our indoor , but she 's the first one to get the first day to , percent , , so that 's good .
12 He has the distinction of being among Britain 's 100 richest men , and also of being the first man to be kicked out of Lloyd 's — in 1982 for ‘ discreditable conduct ’ .
13 Much of John Tawell 's adventurous and notorious life has been forgotten , but he does remain exclusive in criminal history , as the first man to be trapped by electric telegraph .
14 The first man to be appointed as Minister , Lance Buckmaster , had seemed logical .
15 Jones was the first man to tube-ride Waimea .
16 He was probably the first man to solo 8a on French rock ; made the first winter lone ascent of the South Face of the Aiguille du Fou ( scene of Alan Rouse 's famed injury during an earlier , summer , solo ) and also made one of the most prestigious ascents in the area with his solo of Divine Providence — Patrick Gabarrou 's 1984 desperate on the Grand Pilier d'Angle buttress on Mont Blanc .
17 Griffin was fated to become the first ( and still the only ) bowler to achieve a hat-trick in a Lord 's Test and , in the same match , also to become the first man to be called for throwing in a Test in England .
18 ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to
19 Response over the first year to the new look has been ‘ overwhelmingly positive — if the yardstick is a demand for the paper .
20 ( " Integration money " of DM1,200 monthly would still be paid for the first year to immigrants unable to find work .
21 The banks were then given the choice of exchanging medium-term debt either for ( i ) 30-year bonds with the same face value as the debt , with interest rates rising in stages from 4 per cent in the first year to 6 per cent in years seven to 30 , and with a 12-month interest guarantee ; or for ( ii ) 30-year bonds with a discounted face value of 35 per cent carrying interest at 13/16 of a percentage point above the London inter-bank offered rate ( Libor ) and carrying collateral to guarantee 12 months of interest .
22 In women , however , the data suggested an increased risk of gastric cancer after seven years where the relative risk was 4.7 ( 1.7–10.3 ) after an initial decrease from 12.6 in the first year to 1.9 4–7 years after start of cimetidine use .
23 So that on er if you look at the crew picture this is the crew that flew the first mission to Gdynia , Poland except kneeling the second man from the left is , he did not go , I flew the co-pilot position .
24 Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph .
25 Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts .
26 Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts .
27 Speaking at the rally , Paul Hill , who in 1976 was the first person to be arrested under the PTA , said : ‘ The Irish people can not be oppressed any longer .
28 Samuel Fox Esq was born in 1815 , and when he died in 1887 he was the first person to be buried in the cemetery attached to the church .
29 Ballesteros is not the first person to be challenged by the complexities of life .
30 The Reporter would be the first person to whom any child referrals would be made .
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