Example sentences of "[adj] person to hold the " in BNC.
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1 | A former youth runner for Britain and a world class rock climber in his teens , he is also the youngest person to hold the top ‘ grandmaster ’ karate grade of Judan Hanshi and the highest graded Westerner in the martial arts of kung-fu and aikido . |
2 | Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position , whatever the quality of his poetry . |
3 | The sixth person to hold the post and the first from the African continent , he would succeed Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on Jan. 1 , 1992 . |
4 | He will be the third person to hold the job at the 53-year-old company , reportedly selected after a two-year process . |
5 | Mike Moore became Prime Minister of New Zealand on Sept. 4 , after being elected leader of the ruling Labour Party ; he became the third person to hold the post in the space of 13 months . |