Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] of the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , similarly , in the First World War , we assumed proudly as an accolade of honour the Kaiser 's ridicule of the first British Expeditionary Force as that ‘ contemptible little army ’ . |
| 2 | The first five notes of Clemens 's bass are indeed those of the plainsong eighth-tone Magnificat , but his superius is identical with that of Sermisy 's ‘ C'est une dure despartie ’ except that it does not follow Sermisy 's repeat of the first two phrases and does repeat his last phrase . |
| 3 | At yesterday 's opening of the first multi-party parliament in 26 years , the president said that the management of the country was the responsibility of Kenyans and no-one else , and promised that his government would present its own economic strategy . |
| 4 | Paul Piana 's presentation of the first free ascent of the Salathe Wall on E1 Cap will go down in history as one of the best ever . |
| 5 | In 1915 he exhibited six works in the ‘ invited to show ’ non-members ' section of the first Vorticist exhibition , held at the Doré Galleries in London . |