adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a first-class/second-class/third-class degree (= the level at which you pass a degree at a British university )
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She was awarded a first-class degree.
first-class compartment
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a first-class compartment
first-class post
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The package arrived by first-class post.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
compartment
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He found an empty first-class compartment , and she reached it by way of the corridor after the train had pulled out.
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He boarded the train for the overnight journey and entered a first-class compartment with his first-class ticket.
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He always sat at the end of the second coach, in the small, first-class compartment with red plush seats.
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As it was early afternoon there were no madding crowds, and she secured a first-class compartment to herself.
county
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But there was no question of any of the first-class counties being relegated for poor results.
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Perhaps, when the draw is made next season, the first-class counties will not be as lucky.
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Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties .
cricket
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Chamberlain's practical experience of first-class cricket is slim, confined to six matches for Northamptonshire shortly after the war.
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Crawford retired from first-class cricket two years later, having scored over 7000 runs and taken more than 600 wickets in his career.
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In all first-class cricket , he scored 19,034 runs at 26.65 including 21 centuries, and took 1894 wickets at 25.05.
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Developers Foinavon have slapped in a £5m bid for first-class cricket ground Acklam Park in Middlesbrough.
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In all first-class cricket , Bradman averaged 95.14.
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It was the highest innings played in first-class cricket that summer.
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He also scored the fastest uncontrived century in first-class cricket , in a whirlwind 35 minutes at Northampton in 1920.
game
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A start could be made by limiting the service to one per point in the tie-break in the first-class game .
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Surridge retired from the first-class game in 1959 to concentrate on the family sports goods business.
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Hemmings has, in fact, played a first-class game in the West Indies.
honours
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He took the natural sciences tripos in 1877 with first-class honours , and was appointed an assistant demonstrator.
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When only eighteen he became a fellow of Exeter College in 1826, two years before obtaining first-class honours in classics.
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In 1927 he took first-class honours in his final examination.
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Five past pupils had this year obtained first-class Honours degrees, an achievement performed only once before, in 1950.
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In 1914 he graduated with first-class honours as an associate.
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Entering the University of Dundee, he graduated with first-class honours in history in 1975, and then pursued postgraduate study.
hotel
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One is that I often stay at a first-class hotel to merge into the background.
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Rema Hotel Concorde A first-class hotel conveniently located between the Königsallee and the main station.
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The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself.
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Where to stay Berlin has a string of first-class hotels , and not a lot in the middling class.
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Results of searches are normally dispatched by first-class mail the day they are received if the application is received by first post.
match
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In 1955 we played 34 first-class matches of which we won 27 and lost seven.
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Leonard Stuart Darling played in 100 first-class matches and scored 5780 runs at 42.50, with 16 centuries.
passenger
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On board were 142 first-class passengers and 100-odd - some of them very odd people travelling in economy.
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When the flight began, I busied myself handing out magazines to first-class passengers .
post
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I have sent thank-you cards to all my lucky stars by first-class post .
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It is best to return the form by first-class post .
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Always search by first-class post , not second.
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All orders will be acknowledged and all plants are despatched first-class post .
seat
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But getting suitable ones, to supplement the original first-class seats , has posed problems.
stamp
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For a catalogue, send two first-class stamps .
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Four first-class stamps usually cover the cost of mailing a book-rate package.
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Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp .
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Your calls should cost around the the price of a first-class stamp .
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Thus the price relative for first-class stamps is 100 × 14÷8.5 164.7, indicating an increase in price of 64.7%.
ticket
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Took the two first first-class tickets for C. Arms from this station numbered respectively 00 and 01.
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He boarded the train for the overnight journey and entered a first-class compartment with his first-class ticket .
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His second came at the ticket booth, where there was no-one for him to show his first-class ticket to.
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He protested his first-class ticket but they said he had to leave.
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She bought first-class tickets and still had half an hour to spare.
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Anyway, if he were simply trying to disappear, a first-class ticket on a standard commercial airline would have done.
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Senior Select Savings Plus provides solid discounts on shorter flights, and first-class tickets also can be purchased at a big discount.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a first-class package
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a first-class passenger
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Jaguar has always made first-class cars.
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She's doing a first-class job of running this company.
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The food at the restaurant is always first-class .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he stuck a sceptical thumb into a tub of rock-hard Camembert, he knew he was facing a first-class mess.
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He boarded the train for the overnight journey and entered a first-class compartment with his first-class ticket.
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In 1955 we played 34 first-class matches of which we won 27 and lost seven.
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Last year the first-class letter service achieved record improvements in reliability.
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The nurses gave us a warm farewell before we left the hospital to board a first-class train to Tokyo.
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The pass gives one month of first-class travel in Britain.
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When the flight began, I busied myself handing out magazines to first-class passengers.