The phrase "as the first class" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to compare something to a first class, but without additional context, it is unclear when to use it.
Example: "The service provided was exceptional, as the first class experience one would expect."
Alternatives: "like a first-class" or "similar to first class."
As the first class won't graduate until next spring, SAT averages aren't yet available.
In September 2001, 18 to 20 musicians are to enter the school as the first class of the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, a nondegree program.
The Cat's Table crowd coincidentally erupts in cheers just as the first class passengers have the privilege of watching British troops being massacred.
But as the first class of councilors elected under the term limits law in 2001 prepares to leave office next year, the very opposite is becoming reality: With lawmakers seeking new elective offices and career politicians looking to join, or rejoin, the body, the Council may well become a political revolving door.
In October 1997, the state identified the class of 2001 -- the class that was in ninth grade at the time -- as the first class that would be required to pass the math test, as well as tests in reading and writing.
The beagle, the colored bull terrier, the miniature poodle, the bichon frisé and the English springer spaniel stood and sniffed together, a gathering of elite old-timers as estimable, dog-wise, as the first class of baseball Hall of Famers in 1936.
For example, detecting a macrocalcification in surrounding darker pixels as in the first class could be done differently if neighbors are brighter as in the third or four class.
A few weeks later, I started as part of the first class of interns he brought on during his tenure.
As for content, the first class was lighter than the front cover of my Meditation for Dummies book.
We termed the first class as "bottom" since we can imagine these peaks as a foundation.
My parents and in-laws paid for the first class as an engagement present for us.
