Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the late eighteenth century the rise of the cotton industry not only reversed the long relative decline in the importance of textile exports but pushed the first industrial nation , if not in an entirely new direction , at least up a much steeper path . |
| 2 | In chapter 3 , we examine the emergence of the first handheld CD-ROM systems and preview the first palmtop CD-I player , due for launch in 1992 . |
| 3 | Cheshire , champions in 1990 and ‘ 91 , had halved the morning foursomes and shared the first four singles when Caldy 's Bailey claimed a 4 and 3 win over Neil Graham of Newcastle United . |
| 4 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
| 5 | The drive is lined all the way by graceful lime trees and provides the first hint as to the verity of Tennyson 's description of Gunby Hall in a poem dated 1849 , where he describes it was a ‘ haunt of ancient peace ’ . |
| 6 | Two months later Deborah passed the Pony Rider tests and became the first Brownie in the Pack to win the badge with the pony on it . |