Sentence examples for a first-rate addition from inspiring English sources

Here is a first-rate addition to the genre.

If, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time," then The Broad is a first-rate addition to Los Angeles with some issues.

In addition to building a first-rate administrative staff, a committed faculty executive committee, and a stellar advisory council, we have secured the first three of nine new joint faculty.

Owner Greg Hatem grew up raising pigs in Halifax County, and he also knows a great deal about how to cook them, in addition to Texas-style brisket, barbecued turkey, and a first-rate fried chicken (below).

And, as if beating up on Odets weren't sufficient sport, the Coens also supply a character based on William Faulkner -- who, in addition to being a great novelist, happens to have been a first-rate screenwriter -- and pillory him, too.

He was a first-rate parliamentarian.

A FIRST-RATE MADNESS, by Nassir Ghaemi.

A first-rate piece of social reportage.

A first-rate action sequence ensues.

E is a first-rate factoid.

Mr. Fischer is a first-rate Mozart conductor.