Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [noun] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 The people of Ross on Wye claim the first British balloon flight was over the town on February the 22nd 1784 .
2 Top : Mother and son of ‘ disappeared ’ Pineda Henestrosa , in Mexico ; bottom : Prayer in Santiago Atitlan in Guatemala to mark the first anniversary of the massacre of 15 Tzutuhil Indians
3 Democrat Carol Moseley from Illinios became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate .
4 President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry .
5 Seven other Second XI matches resulted in wins with Southend on Sea reversing the First XI result , beating Woodford Wells by 7 wickets .
6 The pattern of Europe was squarely placed upon the city of Jerusalem when , in 1100 , Baldwin of Boulogne became the first King of Jerusalem .
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