Example sentences of "[adj] saw [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1991 saw a first for East Anglia — East . |
| 2 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 3 | Armistice day 1921 saw the first poppy day appeal , sponsored by the British Legion . |
| 4 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 5 | The presidential election of 1952 saw the first large-scale hiring of skilled advertising men to do the politicians ' persuading for them . |
| 6 | Annual gate receipts rose during the period from £1,55 to £5,309 , and 1912 saw the first four-figure profit — just over £1,000 . |
| 7 | 1914 saw the first axiomatic declaration of exactly what constitutes a ring . |
| 8 | Though the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies were largely insulated from the full impact of the Great War , the 1920s saw the first stirrings of contemporary nationalism in Indonesia and the young Sukarno responded . |
| 9 | OCTOBER 20th saw the first ever ‘ Academic Mass ’ held at the Cathedral in Lancaster and the fulfilment of a life long dream for a lady in Altrincham . |
| 10 | 1982 saw the first publication of the autumn statement , which can be taken to refer to both the publication and the Chancellor 's oral statement ( see Economic Progress Report 153 , HM Treasury , January 1983 ) . |
| 11 | 1931 saw the first Old Stopfordians ' Annual Dinner actually to be held in School ( the Association had been renamed , reviving one of the old forms of the name of the town , in 1927 ) . |
| 12 | The early 1860s saw the first of a whole series of underground organizations designed to spread populist propaganda and prepare for revolutionary action against the regime . |
| 13 | While all the local authority construction of the 1940s was of very high quality for general needs , the late 1950s saw the first non-traditional units in the form of Wimpey 's point blocks built at Hunters and Murrays Closes in Percy Main . |