Example sentences of "[num ord] year [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the bursting of the bubble , land prices fell last year for the first time in 17 years . |
| 2 | Last year for the first time there were European dressage titles in two categories : Werth won the conventional Special , while Rothenberger took the freestyle . |
| 3 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 4 | The under-21s are more even highly-fancied to retain the national title , which they won last year for the first time by beating Nottinghamshire in the final . |
| 5 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 6 | Last year for the first time , Nuclear Electric was able to operate the Dungeness B nuclear power station at over 1200MWe , largely thanks to an AEA computer-based reactor protection system . |
| 7 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 8 | FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries . |
| 9 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 10 | His publication last year of the first matchbox grip catalogue has , he says , not contributed to the sudden rise in prices . |
| 11 | Born Edith Keefe in Londonderry , Northern Ireland , after her first husband died she married a lance corporal in the Military Foot Police , in Southampton during the last year of the First World War . |
| 12 | The Wolfson Archaeological Science Laboratories , which were opened last year in the first phase of the institute 's development plan , represent the latest advances in archaeology and incorporate modern developments in technology . |