Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major waterway in Blockley is the Blockley Brook , which forms the water course for the first mill in Blockley , Dovedale Mill , now called Dovedale House . |
| 2 | A test position was certain for the First Test in Strasbourg until he suffered a knee injury and his goal was denied . |
| 3 | For the first round in April of the 1990 presidential elections see p. 37371 . |
| 4 | The bonus is combined with your normal pension payment for the first week in December , so if you have not received it by the end of that month ask at your local Social Security office . |
| 5 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |
| 6 | Michael has joined the Executive Committee for the first time in April of this year as Limerick Area Secretary . |
| 7 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 8 | This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities . |
| 9 | Meanwhile SOC forces were reported to have used Soviet-supplied helicopter gunships for the first time in March in an attack on Khmer Rouge positions around Pailin . |
| 10 | The Group met for the first time in March 1974 with several proposals already before it . |
| 11 | But he declined to say whether the inspectors — two teams acting together for the first time in Iraq — had found any of the Scud missiles the United Nations thinks Iraq is hiding . |
| 12 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
| 13 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 14 | The working party meets for the first time in July when it will define the terms of reference of the study . |
| 15 | Following political reforms in May 1990 which abolished the leading role of the MPRP , multiparty elections were held for the first time in July 1990 , to the Little and Great Hurals , and to local Hurals in the 18 provinces and three municipalities [ see pp. 37609-10 ; p. 37656 ] . |
| 16 | He returned to Syria for the first time in July 1992 to attend the funeral of his mother . |
| 17 | At Motorfair , Nissan shows its new 300 ZX for the first time in Britain . |
| 18 | THE Cannon Hill Puppet Theatre will use , for the first time in Britain , puppets hand-crafted in the Japanese style Bunraku , to present Andersen 's The Snow Queen at the Midlands Arts Centre , Cannon Hill Park , Birmingham ( 021 440 3838 ) , until Jan 3 . |
| 19 | The proposals could affect any industry or service occupation , and would mean that , for the first time in Britain , all types of PPE will be covered by comprehensive regulations . |
| 20 | For the first time in Britain , doctors can include it on death certificates as the cause of death . |
| 21 | Thirty-six mosaics have been lent by the Jordanian government and will be seen for the first time in Britain . |
| 22 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 23 | These courses were taught by the college librarian , who for the first time in Britain was included on the teaching staff of the college on a teaching scale , and styled " Tutor-Librarian " . |
| 24 | It moved northward through France from the Mediterranean coast and was recorded for the first time in Britain at a site in Hampshire , in March 1961 . |
| 25 | The Military Training Act of 1939 effectively introduced conscription in peacetime for the first time in Britain 's history . |
| 26 | For the first time in Britain , a special committee will hear residents and experts ideas about how to deal with the city 's traffic . |
| 27 | The aluminium is being used on a large scale for the first time in Britain in the electrification of the Hooton to Chester line . |
| 28 | The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 . |
| 29 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 30 | Maxim felt smug in his thick car-coat for the first time in America . |