Sentence examples for a first was from inspiring English sources

Also a first was the notion of NATO forces from Europe crossing the Atlantic to defend the American homeland.

The British label's 3-D show, a first, was just the latest proof of the public's renewed fascination with the visual technique.

There was a time when university students feared that getting a first was their only chance of getting a good graduate job, and scrambled to get a seat in the library in the hope of securing the top grades.

But, as she told the Chicago Tribune in 1995, being a "first" was sometimes a bittersweet victory for African Americans.

A second was rather boring.

A seventh was killed in a firefight.

A third was left seriously injured.

A fifth was killed by FARC guerrillas.

A second was asked not to.

A third was published posthumously in 1822.

A third was cleared.