Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
| 2 | AT the end of last month the University received the first information from the UFC on its recurrent grant and funded student numbers for 1992/93 . |
| 3 | And this morning the musician caught the first Concorde flight back to the US to be with his pregnant wife . |
| 4 | Captain Bligh of the Bounty took the first apples to Australia ; Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of Cape Settlement , took them to South Africa and the Pilgrim Fathers who boarded the Mayflower carried them to America . |
| 5 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 6 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 7 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 8 | Rothstein deemed that the Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of expression , and stated that " in order for the flag to endure as a symbol of freedom in this nation , we must protect with equal vigour the right to destroy it and the right to wave it " . |
| 9 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
| 10 | The Institute introduced the first video package in 1982 and currently has eight titles available for sale . |
| 11 | England 's record try-scorer held off his tackler , fed younger brother Tony on the loop and the 24-year-old celebrated the first brother partnership in an England line-up for 54 years by scoring in the left-hand corner . |
| 12 | The team won the first leg 2-1 and drew the second leg in Belfast on Wednesday night to qualify for the first round of the tournament . |
| 13 | King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender . |
| 14 | The axeman wore the first beard of a boy and had big ears that stuck through his hair . |
| 15 | In his Autumn Statement ( p 124 ) , the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the first year capital allowance for plant and machinery ( excluding cars ) to 40% for 12 months from 1 November 1992 and introduced an initial allowance of 20% for industrial and agricultural buildings where contracts are placed before 31 October 1993 and they are brought into use before the end of 1994 . |
| 16 | The youngest BCRS member , 3-year-old Daisy Nottingham 's look of horror as the train entered the first tunnel . |
| 17 | The headmaster made the first speech , flags flew , the town band played a medley of the tunes of the old Ukraine , a hymn was sung . |
| 18 | The Government announced the first payment in BT3 will be 150p per share with a minimum of 120 shares with the second instalment 140p in a bid to ensure a spectacular success for the sale which closes at 10am on July 14 . |
| 19 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 20 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 21 | Yesterday , the union claimed the first jobs casualty of the base rate rise — the Automobile Association 's announcement of 500 job losses , in the wake of the company 's decision to pull out of the air package holiday business . |
| 22 | Nutty did not take in much of what the Sergeant said the first night . |
| 23 | Detective Inspector Milsom said quietly , ‘ Because the doctor laid the first slice of the fillet — the piece that you do n't give to guests — to one side of the carving dish … |
| 24 | The men about me began to shout as the line reached the first houses and a cheer came back . |
| 25 | The company developed the first graphics tools for MS-DOS , OS/2 and RS/6000 AIX , all under contract to IBM Corp . |
| 26 | During his time with the company started the first CPM 7000 interswitch press in the country and Preston workmates were not sure whether it was a splash of fat or a tear on 's cheek when it had to be replaced by the new Palladin 1600 . |
| 27 | The trust organised the first Children of Science Awards , bringing together in London yesterday 150 incapacitated children from Europe , the Soviet Union , the Middle East , and Australia who have been helped by science . |
| 28 | The minister gave the first indication that the support force may continue in a reduced form to oversee implementation of the six new key tasks . |
| 29 | The visit marked the first step towards improved relations between the two countries since the suspension in October 1990 of US military aid [ see p. 37764 ] . |