Example sentences of "set [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set up the first try with a fine break after 11 minutes , for Lloyd to round off the move with an impudent dummy . |
| 2 | It was Johnny who set up the first weekly pools and bingo competitions at the Palace and it is from those humble beginnings that the massively valuable present-day lottery has grown . |
| 3 | With a solo exhibition of the works of Klaus Suss from Chemnitz ( until 5 May ) , Gunar Barthel continues its introduction to the artists who set up the first collective gallery of the GDR ( called ‘ Clara Mosch ’ using the initial letters of the names of its founder members ) . |
| 4 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 5 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |
| 6 | In 1873 he returned to England to take up the post of electrician to the Highton Battery Company , and in 1877 set up the first experimental overhead telephone line in England , only two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | He indirectly set up the first try for Kenny Hooks , and his catching and powerful driving off the tail of the line out kept Collegians on the back foot . |
| 8 | The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute . |
| 9 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 10 | They knew the town 's closed order already had links with South Africa where , in 1931 , a group from the Carmel Convent set up the first Carmelite convent in Johannesburg . |