Sentence examples for first to succeed from inspiring English sources

Tergat was the first to succeed, whereas Gebrselassie took longer.

The AKP government is the first to succeed in neutering the military.

Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, hailed the antimissile system as the first to succeed in combat.

Many poets have tried to create such an art: Herrera is one of the first to succeed.

The first to succeed was Commander Cleland Davis of the U.S. Navy, who in 1912 developed a gun with a single chamber and two opposite barrels.

Bindmans said the claim is one of the first to succeed against the police for the sale of information to the press.

But government would do what it could to open up opportunities, so that people would have second and third and fourth chances to succeed.

Then he became one of the first Mexicans to succeed in Europe, first with Monaco in France, then with Barcelona in Spain, where, in 2006, he was the first Mexican to play on a club that won the Champions League title.

Jurgen Klopp was not Liverpool's first choice to succeed Brendan Rodgers, according to Harry Redknapp.

The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, was named as the public's first choice to succeed Mr Brown.

He added, "The first step to succeed in that is fiscal sovereignty".