Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course Oxford supporters do n't need reminding that last season they led Fulham 1-0 after the first leg and they lost 5-3 at home . |
| 2 | The seniors , managed jointly by County President Peter Woodward and Richard Morris and coached by Chelmsford 's Paul Morris , beat Lincolnshire 3–0 in the first round and Cambridgeshire 5–0 in the semi-finals . |
| 3 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 4 | They charge 4 for the first hour and 3 for the next . |
| 5 | Oil exports were resumed on June 11 for the first time since the outbreak of the Gulf war [ see pp. 37934-43 ] . |
| 6 | There was a stage about two thirds into the first half when ( because they had n't scored yet despite aggressive assaults on the West Ham box ) Batty square-balled it after crossing into their area . |
| 7 | That five thousand per annum figure is a guaranteed figure , we could in fact print seven thousand in the first year if they wanted . |
| 8 | A hundred thousand in the first year and three hundred thousand in the second and subsequent years . |
| 9 | ‘ In the first two years of a Liberal Democrat government we would produce 600,000 jobs , 400,000 in the first year and 200,000 in the second . |
| 10 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 11 | Multiparty elections to a 23-member constituent commission were held on July 23-26 for the first time since the 1977 coup , when Sir James Mancham was overthrown by France-Albert René [ see pp. 28485-86 ] . |
| 12 | Savimbi returned to Luanda on Sept. 27 for the first time since the start of the 16-year civil war . |
| 13 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 14 | The most tangible signs of this tendency to borrow more are highlighted in the Central Statistical Office 's Social Trends 1989 , which showed that household expenditure exceeded income in 1986 and 1987 for the first time since compilation of the information began . |
| 15 | The most tangible signs of this tendency to borrow more are highlighted in the Central Statistical Office 's Social Trends 1989 , which showed that household expenditure exceeded income in 1986 and 1987 for the first time since compilation of the information began . |
| 16 | The seating in these open vehicles was two and one in the first class and the third . |
| 17 | Gazza headed home Signori 's free kick to tie the scores at 1-1 in the first half but took a knock on the ankle just before halftime and was less influential in the second half . |
| 18 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 19 | With the prospects of breaking the stalemate fading , hopes rose following the announcement that the government and ANC representatives had held talks on July 28 for the first time since the ANC broke off contact on June 23 . |
| 20 | St Andrews-born Andy Thomson and his England international colleague , Gary Smith , produced the quickest win of the day , needing just 14 ends to secure a straight sets win over Welsh pair Colin Edwards and Ieuan Terry , who led 3-2 in the first set but never scored again as their opponents recovered to win 7-3 , 7-0 , 7-0 . |
| 21 | Cambridge struck 38½ to Oxford 's 40 in the first minute and despite the Light Blues having the better of the tide , the crews were level at Beverley Brook . |
| 22 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |
| 23 | He took an eagle-3 in the first round and followed it with par , eagle , birdie … 3 , 5 , 3 , 4 . |
| 24 | In Perth , a sixth-wicket partnership of 136 between Martin Crowe ( 87 ) and John Bracewell ( 86 ) lifted New Zealand to 271 for seven on the first day after they slumped to 97 for five against Western Australia . |