Example sentences of "[noun pl] who [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results represented a success for the Moderates and for two parties who exceeded for the first time the statutory 4 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation — the Christian Democrats ( whose only previous representation had been in 1985-88 when one of the Centre party 's seats was allocated to Christian Democrat in an electoral pact ) , and the New Democracy Party . |
| 2 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 3 | Investigators who opt for the first solution may seek out variable syntactic elements where meaning variation does not constitute a serious problem ; this is the general approach taken by Cheshire . |
| 4 | It was not the Jerusalem leaders who agreed to the first widespread dissemination of the Word . |
| 5 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |
| 6 | Some pupils who failed on the first occasion might subsequently succeed because of increasing insight into a concept or because a skill has been practised . |
| 7 | As it happened , of the 5381 children who arrived in the first six months of 1939 , only 113 re-emigrated , and most of those went to join their parents who had escaped Germany by other routes . |
| 8 | However in all fairness to the Halling unit a number of those older men who fought in the first war wore medals for gallantry , and were to show us youngsters that they had lost none of their skills with a rifle . |
| 9 | Like tourists who visit for the first time , it seemed our resident rabbits sensed the tranquil harmony that is the essence of this tiny unspoilt paradise in the Mediterranean . |
| 10 | There was also a great deal of indignation among ordinary British citizens who discovered for the first time after the massacre in Timişoara that Romania was ruled by a brutal tyrant who enjoyed the privileges of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath . |