Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 2 | Rovers went third in the first division on Tuesday night with a resounding 3-0 win over Southend at Prenton Park . |
| 3 | Three Portrush penalty corners went unconverted in the first half . |
| 4 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , in Bosnia the heads of its three warring armies met face-to-face for the first time yesterday and signed a ceasefire deal for the whole republic . |
| 6 | BANKRUPTCIES have hit a record level with 45,000 firms going bust in the first nine months of this year . |
| 7 | Lotus Esprit Turbos won four of the first seven races in the SCCA Escort series this season . |
| 8 | all the teachers got drunk on the first night in France . |
| 9 | SHARE prices drifted lower on the first day of the new account as Wall Street 's poor showing on Friday and Tokyo 's earlier weak performance sapped confidence . |
| 10 | Two players tested positive in the first two months and since then speculation , rumours , rows and ructions have been the order of the day . |
| 11 | These men supplied many of the first generation of Russian permanent representatives in western Europe : of the twelve of these accredited in the first decade of the eighteenth century five had been members of the group of students sent to Venice in 1697 . |