Example sentences of "to make the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . |
| 2 | In the 74th minute Furlong forced Cherry to make the first serious save of the match , and soon afterwards the goalkeeper had to turn a shot from Flynn round a post . |
| 3 | Recognising this problem led scholars in the area to make the first serious use of what are called longitudinal studies . |
| 4 | BORIS Yeltsin is to make the first official visit to Britain by a Russian president in November . |
| 5 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 6 | Mark Pretty removed the offending hold , but it was left to Robin Barker to make the first free ascent of the Free Monster E6+ 6c ( F7c+ ) . |
| 7 | Despite being outnumbered , unaware of the enemy 's dispositions and ignorant of the terrain , Hamilton was ordered to make the first British landings on 25 April at the southern tip of the peninsula near Cape Helles , while Anzac troops went ashore about 24km/15mls farther up the Aegean coast near Gaba Tepe . |
| 8 | Oates went with Scott to make the first British depot . |
| 9 | Members of the Department of Social Anthropology and the Audio-Visual Aids Unit Cambridge are collaborating to make the first experimental videodisc at Cambridge University . |