Example sentences of "held [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dadaists , a nonsense name chosen at random , evolved the idea of a miniature variety show and held their first show in a little bar , the Cabaret Voltaire . |
| 2 | Picard 's enthusiasm for the potential of the Belgian capital is shared by Sotheby 's who held their first sale there on 16 and 17 June . |
| 3 | They recently held their first practice session at Barbados House , which turned out to be a rousing occasion . |
| 4 | Leaders of the Visegrad Three — Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland — held their first summit with the European Communities ( EC ) in Brussels on Oct. 28 . |
| 5 | At the end of February , Women for Socialism held their first Conference , with the declared aim of discussing how to build a socialist-feminist movement . |
| 6 | When the heads of government of the five ASEAN countries held their first meeting for eight years in February 1976 in Indo-China they failed to agree on regional security and the communiqué of the meeting did not mention neutralisation . |
| 7 | On the same day , MDU leaders held their first meeting with MPRP officials . |
| 8 | Delegations from Laos and China held their first meeting in Vientiane in August 1990 to discuss the delineation of a permanent border between the two countries ; at the close of the meeting a provisional border agreement was signed . |
| 9 | FOR US , was a good day out , but planning for the Summer Fayre started about eight months ago for the Summer Fayre committee who held their first meeting last October ! |
| 10 | EDINBURGH South Group Golf Society held its first outing on the Gullane No 3 course . |
| 11 | In August 1949 the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe held its first session in Strasbourg . |
| 12 | The House of Representatives held its first session on May 26 , electing Yasin Said Numan ( hitherto Prime Minister of South Yemen ) as its Speaker and also choosing a three-member presidium . |
| 13 | Legislative elections were held in late July 1987 , and the National Assembly ( one of the two houses of the Congress , the other being the Economic and Regional Council ) held its first session in October ; a new Assembly president , Michel Docko , was elected in April 1989 . |
| 14 | The new Cabinet held its first session on June 28 , and agreed on proposals to restructure the government , in particular by merging a number of specialized ministries into a Ministry of Economy . |
| 15 | The Little Hural held its first session on Sept. 13 . |
| 16 | The NLA , which held its first session on March 29 , came under attack from various politicians who claimed that its members were unqualified for the task of drawing up a new constitution . |
| 17 | Earlier , as the Chamber of Representatives on Oct. 17 held its first session for the parliamentary year 1991-92 , it was announced that a new opposition grouping , the National Movement ( MN ) , had been formed under the leadership of the veteran Berber politician Mahjoubi Aherdane , who in 1957 had founded his Popular Movement party ( MP ) . |
| 18 | On May 6 a self-proclaimed Leadership Council , chaired by Rabbani , attended by Mujjaddedi and including IJC representatives , held its first session in Kabul , the Afghan capital . |
| 19 | The People 's Great Hural held its first session in the capital Ulan Bator on July 20 . |
| 20 | The council held its first session on Dec. 14 and conferred the rank of general on President Saparmurad Niyazov , in his capacity as supreme commander of the armed forces . |
| 21 | The RSC 's Belgium Group held its first demonstration lecture at the British School of Brussels , Tervuren , in November . |
| 22 | DOCOMOMO is the euphoniously named international working party for the DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings , sites and neighbourhoods of the MOdern MOvement , which held its first conference in Eindhoven last month and has attracted an astonishingly strong ground swell of support . |
| 23 | In 1830 , the National Association held its first conference . |
| 24 | The banning of the CPSU at the end of August did not extend to the DPKR and , at the end of October 1991 , the DPKR held its first congress . |
| 25 | The Mongolian Democratic Union ( MDU ) held its first congress in Ulan Bator on Feb. 18 . |
| 26 | A Christian democratic Centre Alliance , claiming some 20,000 members and modelled on Germany 's Christian Democratic Union , held its first congress in Warsaw on March 2 . |
| 27 | The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) held its first congress on July 19-21 . |
| 28 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 29 | In 1905 , Britain held its first beauty contest in Newcastle . |
| 30 | On Feb. 19 Parliament held its first round of voting to elect a new state President , with the incumbent head of state , Khristos Sartzetakis , as the sole candidate . |