Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan is for the theatre to open in 1993 with the first season of Shakespeare plays . |
| 2 | CHRIS WILKINSON gave both himself and Jeremy Bates a massive pre-Wimbledon lift when he beat Argentinian left-hander Javier Frana 7–5 6–4 in the first round of the Direct Line Insurance Manchester Open at Didsbury . |
| 3 | Over the last five years , the number of centres entering candidates for National Certificate has grown steadily and , over the same period , the number of modules in the catalogue has risen from around 700 in the first year of operation to around 2500 this year . |
| 4 | ICI will be able to stop manufacturing CFCs 11 and 12 in the first quarter of next year , having secured supplies for its remaining customers through a deal with Akzo . |
| 5 | A John Thomas hat-trick enabled Albion to take the aggregate score to six apiece with a 5-3 win at Bradford , while Palace won 3-2 having lost 2-1 in the first leg of their clash with second division basement dwellers , Leicester City . |
| 6 | Dragon Pallets ( Ian Fullerton , Dave Pearce ) won 2-1 in the first division against Light of India and Wing Half ( John Farrell , Ritchie Martin ) defeated MSC Eastham 2-0 . |
| 7 | GREAT BRITAIN 'S team of Mark Petchey and Chris Wilkinson yesterday beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the first round of the European men 's team tennis championships in Trieste , Italy . |
| 8 | Student numbers have grown from 50,000 in the first year of operation to nearly 190,000 in session 1988–89 . |
| 9 | After being pegged at 4–4 following the first frame of the evening session , Hendry raised his game to collect the £40,000 first prize — and become Masters champion for the first time . |
| 10 | Even allowing for a slight predominance of boys over girls among children , this still suggests that around two-thirds of the first generation of mill workers were female . |
| 11 | Government troops had been landed on the north coast of Bougainville in April 1991 for the first time since being forced to withdrew from the territory in 1990 . |
| 12 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 13 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 14 | It is proposed to take the seven functions of budgets on pages 49/50 as the first dimension of a matrix structure to which either the rational economic or a political model can be applied in order to form the second dimension . |
| 15 | As the Globe went to press , Kotoko had reached the quarter finals of the competition and lead Merekesh Club of Morocco 3–0 following the first leg of the round . |
| 16 | There is a minor triumph for British tennis when Jo Durie , Clare Wood and Anne Hobbs beat Indonesia 3-0 in the first round of the Federation Cup in Tokyo . |
| 17 | Drumaness Mills have not conceded a goal this season and they again recorded a blank sheet when beating Dunmurry Rec 3-0 in the first round of the Steel & Sons Cup at Ashley Park . |
| 18 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 19 | ANDY GOODWAY and David Hobbs , two former Oldham forwards , were yesterday rehabilitated at international level when Malcolm Reilly named a squad of 21 for the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday week . |
| 20 | Miss Chalk , who joined Pipe a couple of months ago , started 5-2 for the first division of the Yellow Collar Selling Hurdle and made all the running to beat Dreaming Star by 10 lengths . |
| 21 | He and Washbrook once put on 350 for the first wicket against Sussex . |
| 22 | After losing a couple of games early in the season , Yeovil are now unbeaten in nine outings , moving up to sixth place in the Conference , and disposed of Torquay 5-2 in the first round with the aid of a hat-trick from striker Paul Batty . |
| 23 | OPENER Roshan Mahanama scored a masterful 109 as Sri Lanka made 303-6 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Colombo . |
| 24 | Sarah Loosemore beat Jennifer Santrock , ranked 95 places above her , 6-4 , 7-6 on the first day of Great Britain 's defence of the Maureen Connolly Trophy in Cardiff , but Valda Lake fell apart in the second set against the Australian Open junior champion , Kim Kessaris , losing 1-6 , 6-4 , 6-2 . |
| 25 | Sarah Loosemore beat Jennifer Santrock , ranked 95 places above her , 6-4 , 7-6 on the first day of Great Britain 's defence of the Maureen Connolly Trophy in Cardiff , but Valda Lake fell apart in the second set against the Australian Open junior champion , Kim Kessaris , losing 1-6 , 6-4 , 6-2 . |
| 26 | To coincide with world environment day , the government announced Operation Amazonia on June 5 as the first stage in a drive to combat the destruction of the rainforest . |
| 27 | John Clinch ( 83 ) and Paul Harris ( 82 ) put on 170 for the first wicket against Stowmarket , who were skittled out for only 85 thanks to a burst of 4–1–7–5 by Richard Pybus . |
| 28 | Gooch became the only player to score a fifty in the match and put on 95 for the first wicket with Boycott , but when the fifth wicket fell just before tea they were only 72 ahead and could still have lost . |
| 29 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 30 | As an example , Toshiba says it will ask $1,330 for the PC , $1,610 for SC and $1,932 for the MC in quantities of a thousand during the first half of 1993 . |