Example sentences of "[Wh det] take [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Another famous event is the Car Rally ( Rally Vinho da Madeira ) which takes place on the first weekend in August .
2 The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place .
3 All were thought to be victims of the fierce military repression which took place in the first three months following the military coup of September 1973 .
4 The first of these would imply that Scaevola regarded the trust clause as ineffective ; the second that it was effective but limited to legal events which took place before the first will .
5 For instance , in the Villa Alta dialect of Zapotec ( Mexico ) , it is necessary to distinguish between events which take place for the first time with respect to particular participants and those which are repetitions .
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