Example sentences of "as the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What set Sadler apart from his contemporaries and rivals in Britain and France , was that he was acknowledged as the first to consciously apply science , to aerostation . |
| 2 | Young couples took their children to it as soon as their legs were long enough ; old people accepted it as the first of their last climbs and many beery pledges were made to the mountain in the Deeside pubs . |
| 3 | Well , Rocktron 's system might not be everyone 's idea of perfection , but it 's beautifully put together with state-of-the-art components , and as the first of a potential wave of ‘ off the peg ’ rack systems it 's the one the rest will have to beat . |
| 4 | Separated bridles linked to two lines enabled this American invention to be positioned within reasonable accuracy over any likely shipwreck victim.The kite was star shaped and would thus lack the refinement of current designs ; but nevertheless , it must be credited as the first of the steerables . |
| 5 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 6 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 7 | A race that nearly did n't happen as the first of August 's glorious ‘ weather ’ settled in . |
| 8 | Fault-tolerant Unix system builder , Sequoia Systems Inc , is going after the health care market in collaboration with its partner — Hewlett-Packard — and DataTree and Greystone Technology as the first of several vertical sectors it expects to pursue . |
| 9 | Usually cited as the first of its kind , the Amalgamated Society of Engineers comprised into a national organisation over one hundred unions or branches of union , the whole administered by a central executive . |
| 10 | There was a sharp crack as the first of several skins of heat-resistant material which coated the exterior of the pod shattered and then separated . |
| 11 | It has been suggested that Bede , in order to synchronize diverse chronological tradition , ‘ considered the whole year of the Incarnation , in which a king died , as his last year and reckoned the next year of the Incarnation as the first of his successor ’ , so that if , for example , Oswiu died in 670 , the whole of 671 was Ecgfrith 's first year for Bede and the whole of 685 his fifteenth . |
| 12 | Spencer coined the term ‘ survival of the fittest ’ and has been seen by some historians as the first of the ‘ social Darwinists ’ . |
| 13 | As the first of them drank , the gold ring on his left index finger clinked against the crystal . |
| 14 | Vietnam — The country not the war is scheduled for 7.15pm on Sunday 24 November on BBC2 as the first of the new Natural World series . |
| 15 | Her monograph , The Metabolism of Fat , published in 1943 as the first of Methuen 's monographs in biochemistry , summarized her views on the field , in which she was by then a recognized authority . |
| 16 | Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight . |
| 17 | Articles B and N define the Treaty as the first of a series , the beginning of a process . |
| 18 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 19 | Earlier in the month , on Nov. 8 , Roh had attended a one-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Kyoto , in what was described as the first of a planned series of regular bilateral discussions . |
| 20 | On his death ten years later , he was succeeded as leader of the community by one of his companions , Abu Bakr , who later became seen as the first of a line of caliphs ( khulafa in Arabic ) . |
| 21 | The death of Aegidius was recorded within the account of the Loire wars in the Angers chronicle , and his son Syagrius later appears as the first of the opponents and victims of Childeric 's son Clovis . |
| 22 | The Sergeant was played by William Hartnell , best known as the first of TV 's Dr Who . |
| 23 | The agreement has been hailed as the first of a series intended to tackle the chronic industrial pollution problems of eastern Germany . |
| 24 | Dave Robson La Ronde Gulbenkian Studio Theatre , Newcastle ARTHUR Schnitzler 's Reigen is perhaps best known under its French title and as the first of two film versions , made by Max Ophuls in 1950 , is remembered as the quintessence of Viennese elegance . |
| 25 | Though O'Conor refers to Field as the first of the true piano romantics , he doubts if it is possible to define the major influences on Field 's development . |
| 26 | Returned Volunteer Action — A grant of £10,737 was approved towards the core costs of RVA as the first of a three year commitment . |
| 27 | Third World First — A grant of £14,350 was approved towards the core costs of 3W1 as the first of a three year commitment . |
| 28 | £10,000 would be released as the first of a three year commitment . |
| 29 | The second half was played at just as frantic pace as the first with both sides looking dangerous on the attack , but Abingdon looking more solid in defence . |
| 30 | LIFESPAN will automatically use the last user of the current list as the first for the next list . |