Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government officials are admitting for the first time families in mid-value houses of £66,000 — £88,000 are likely to face bills of £600 not £400 as hoped . |
| 2 | My father was the head waiter at The Savoy , my mother opened one of the first milk bars in Soho , and my grandmother was a vegetable cook at London 's Park Lane Hotel . |
| 3 | Parents and teachers have set up one of the first toy libraries in the country for visually handicapped children . |
| 4 | One of the first temperance groups in the country started in Darlington in 1831 . |
| 5 | One of the first brass mills in the region was set up by Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) in 1702 , but by 1930 the industry was extinct in the area , having been taken over by Birmingham . |
| 6 | It was one of the first air bases in 1915 , between the wars was used for gun and bomb testing , and from 1951–71 for atomic weapons research . |
| 7 | The Third Earl of Egremont , like Lord Ashburnham , took an almost daily part in the detailed management of his estates , building model dairies , attracting his tenants with favourable long leases and using , by 1810 , one of the first threshing machines in Sussex , although this was to cause trouble later . |
| 8 | The story in Scotland begins with the first Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh where , in 1710 , noble ladies waited patiently to dance a minuet with their partners — one couple at a time to accommodate the huge dresses . |
| 9 | They are particularly relevant to the visually handicapped child in the first school years in an integrated setting . |
| 10 | Winners from last year 's northern finals went on to represent Britain in the first world championships in London . |