Example sentences of "[prep] providing the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just over 60 years ago nuns from the same convent left Britain to be instrumental in providing the first Carmelite presence in South Africa . |
| 2 | In 1982 , Lloyd identified those needs and filled the vacuum by providing the first of the clubs that the 1990's tennis player — and his family — desired . |
| 3 | The computerized Belfast Newsletter ( BNL ) Index 1737-1800 seeks to remedy this situation by providing the first comprehensive index of an 18th-century newspaper : 63 years of the oldest , continuously-published English-language newspaper in the world . |
| 4 | This project thus aims to fill an important gap by providing the first comprehensive study of policing in Ireland from the 1830s to the 1920s . |
| 5 | He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition . |