Example sentences of "in the first direct " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning three Westminster seats gave the DUP an important edge in the first direct elections to the European Parliament . |
| 2 | In the first direct contact between the MPLA government and the rebel UNITA movement since the summit at Gbadolite ( Zaïre ) in June 1989 [ see p. 36726 ] , high ranking delegations from each side met secretly in the Portuguese town of Evora on April 24-25 . |
| 3 | As widely expected , Lech Walesa , the leader of the Solidarity trade union and the country 's most prominent opposition figure in the 1980s , gained a majority of the vote in the first direct presidential elections held in Poland , on Nov. 25 . |
| 4 | In July 1990 , the then New Zealand Minister for Tourism and Disarmament and Arms Control , Fran Wilde , visited Fiji in the first direct contact between the two countries since the coups of 1987 . |
| 5 | In the first direct move against members of Ershad 's Cabinet , former Home Minister Maj.-Gen. ( retd ) Mahmudul Hasan was arrested in Dhaka on Dec. 11 whilst allegedly planning to organize a pro-Ershad rally . |
| 6 | In the first direct elections to Hong Kong 's parliament , the Legislative Council ( Legco ) , held on Sept. 15 , liberal democratic candidates won a sweeping victory , despite a turnout of only 39 per cent . |
| 7 | Isolated vesicles were used in the first direct demonstration of Na + /H + exchange , by Murer in rabbit jejunum . |