Sentence examples for operated the first from inspiring English sources
Somers operated the first ferry across Great Egg Harbor Bay.
Warner Brothers, MGM and Fox all filed applications for TV station licenses, and Paramount operated the first commercial station in Los Angeles.
James Bartholomew, it's claimed, operated the first machine for making Just Born's sprinkles, circa 1930, and jimmies were named in his honor.
In this case, the oil is made by Neste Oil of Finland, which says it emits 50% less greenhouse gas than fossil fuels do.Virgin Atlantic operated the first ever commercial flight to be part-powered by biofuel in February 2008.
ICI built and operated the first facility in the UK able to produce penicillin in quantity.
He operated the first train through the pass in 1885, proclaiming "No other railroad will ever have the nerve to build through these mountains.
Emeritus still operates the first facility that Tina and I took over in 1989.
None of the Americans, who do not operate the first line of security for the base, were killed, he added.
It will also build, own and operate the first in a new series of nuclear power stations.
A plan to begin operating the first of three destruction plants will be presented to President Vladimir V. Putin next month.
Again and again we see the same pattern, which stretches back to the original hiring of rural New England girls to operate the first spinning and weaving machines.
