Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the first [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alum pot itself could not fail to be noticed by the first settlers in the district , its yawning gulf constituting an obvious danger to both man and beast ; in the course of time , a wall was built around it and trees planted to indicate its position . |
| 2 | The diplomatic initiatives of 1958 will be discussed in later chapters , since they were plainly envisaged as the first steps in a long-term strategy . |
| 3 | The alternative to the Protocols as a base to the conspiracy theory was the revival of the French counter-revolutionary tradition , which had been developed in the first articles in the ‘ Cause of World Unrest ’ disclosures in the Morning Post in July 1920 , and was handed down to posterity in more permanent form in Nesta Webster 's version of world history . |
| 4 | In those days magic in its raw state had been widely available , and had been eagerly utilised by the First Men in their war against the Gods . |
| 5 | Culturally , the native population encountered by the Russians was more varied than that found by the first Europeans in northern North America , but the general linguistic situation in the two regions was similar . |