Example sentences of "made the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in his 40s , he made the first solo ascent of Point Young on the Grandes Jorasses in August . |
| 2 | X landed the Cessna and made the first turnoff to the flying club . |
| 3 | Chinese sailors made the first compass over 800 years ago . |
| 4 | Ben made the first on-sight of Psycho ( ) and followed it up with on-sights of Genesis ( ) , Rainbow Wall ( ) , Your mother , Monument and Anarchiste ( all ) with Mark sharing the honours on Monument . |
| 5 | Oh well it er General , he made the first road . |
| 6 | On Fuar Tholl , Wilson and Niall freed the superb Tholl Gate in good condition at V. On Sgurr a'Chaorachian 's north-west buttresses , the chossy summer line Jupiter , a fine but rarely frozen 1200ft I/V , was climbed by Brian Davison and I. We also climbed Eastern Promise , a very steep but co-operative V on the eastern Ramparts of Coire Mhic Fhearchair and made the first ascent of the West-Central Wall by an even steeper line based on Mistral ( VI ) . |
| 7 | Scott and a team including Chris Bonington made the first ascent in 1977 ; on the rock ridge of Shivling East Pillar ; Greg Child belayed on Lobsang Spire in the Karakoram — another first ascent for Scott in 1983 . |
| 8 | The exceptionally strong team , which included Mick Fowler — with whom Saunders made the first ascent of the ravishing Golden Pillar of Spantik — Caradog Jones and Steve Sustad , had hoped for an ascent of the mountain 's South East Spur — a 9,000 foot mega-Walker Spur . |
| 9 | A Frenchman , E.A. Martel , made the first descent of Gaping Gill nearly a hundred years ago in 23 minutes using caving ladders ; the petrol-driven winch drops visitors in less than 90 seconds ! |
| 10 | In 1555 Primož Trubar made the first translation of the New Testament into Slovene and in 1584 a Slovene grammar was produced . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In 1933 he made the first crossing of the uninhabited interior wilderness of Iceland with a wheeled vehicle — his bicycle . |
| 13 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 14 | Then , with Dawn keeping careful watch on Sandy 's breathing , Sophie took up a scalpel , and , after one long moment of hesitation , she made the first incision . |
| 15 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 16 | Councillor Grubb today made the first call to the helpline . |
| 17 | After four days they reached 80° South , and made the first depot . |
| 18 | Latzsch , who has played 56 times for her country , made the first goal then got Germany 's winner with a sensational solo effort , after England equalised . |
| 19 | He made the first goal with a delightful , a dazzling run . |
| 20 | Despite this , Bennett led seven Hudson aircraft , with captain , co-pilot and wireless operator and made the first formation delivery flight across the Atlantic in November 1940 ; similar formation flights followed at regular intervals . |
| 21 | President Mitterrand of France on April 18-19 made the first state visit to Romania by a west European head of state since the fall of Ceausescu in December 1989 . |
| 22 | In mid-February 1990 the Powers announced that German flights to Berlin would also be allowed and on Aug. 5 a plane made the first Lufthansa flight to a Berlin airport since 1945 landing at Schönefeld airport ( on the outskirts of East Berlin ) . |
| 23 | ATORY MP yesterday made the first admission that the Government does not know whether children from poorer backgrounds will be put off higher education by the introduction of top-up loans , writes Celia Weston . |
| 24 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 25 | He made the first recording of the human electrocardiogram in 1887 , an important advance which , in other hands , had widespread applications in medicine . |
| 26 | TV MAGICIAN Wayne Dobson has had to buy the family Christmas presents all over again — because thieves made the first lot vanish . |
| 27 | If the borrower should default , the investor has legal recourse to the bank that made the first acceptance . |
| 28 | I was there the night that Madame made the first move in what I now see was a careful campaign to prepare Boy for this romance or meeting . |
| 29 | A group of veteran kite flyers , led by past-President of the American Kitefliers Association Bevan Brown and his wife Margo , made the first move . |
| 30 | Who made the first move ? |