The phrase "achieve a first" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to accomplishing a notable or unprecedented achievement, often in an academic or competitive context.
Example: "After years of hard work, she was proud to achieve a first in her degree program."
Alternatives: "attain a first" or "secure a first place."
More significantly, live-at-home students were less likely to achieve a first or upper-second class degree.
Aged just 20, she was the first woman to achieve a first in history at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
He notched up indifferent A-level results, but went on to achieve a first, like David Cameron, at Oxford.
This could achieve a first round of tariff cuts when the agreement came into force, followed by a second round on 1 January.
This week I managed to achieve a first, by existing both in reality and virtual space thanks to the Bridport Literary Festival, or BridLit.
These are the best and worst universities to go to if you want to achieve a first or a 2 1.
Nixon tried to reassure Brezhnev that the U.S. was not seeking to achieve a first-strike capability that would disarm the Soviet Union & that the U.S. had no intention of starting a nuclear war.
This season the Rangers had about 20 players who had played under Tortorella before, which helped them achieve a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference, according to Lundqvist.
Henry Schein Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), a health-care products distributor in Melville, said new acquisitions and favorable foreign currency exchange helped it achieve a first-quarter profit of $33 million, a 17percentt increase from the same period a year ago.
The proportion receiving firsts rose from 7% in 2005 to almost 18% in 2006 - a 157% increase It emerged that under the emergency assessment system adopted by Liverpool, students could technically achieve a first-class degree without a single first-class mark in any individual unit of their degree.
How can we achieve a third-person understanding of a phenomenon with a first-person existence?
