Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Sheffield in the first stage , when annuals and short-lived perennials move in , Oxford ragwort ( Senecio squalidus ) , knotgrass ( Polygonum aviculare ) , orache ( Atriplex hastata ) and fat-hen ( Chenopodium album ) are common . |
| 2 | He 'd been a prisoner-of-war in Germany during the First World War and as a result of his wartime experiences suffered constantly from a weak chest . |
| 3 | They are joined in Brighton for the first time by LONDON NEW MUSIC . |
| 4 | Anyway , nobody would be particularly interested in Connie after the first day . |
| 5 | Fears of recession which heightened the perception of silver as an industrial metal and heavy over-supply over an extended period , caused prices to plummet to below $4.00 a troy ounce in mid-December for the first time in fifteen years . |
| 6 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |
| 7 | Several Cabinet ministers will address the two-day gathering which is being held at the Royal International Pavilion in Llangollen for the first time . |
| 8 | Despite an intensification of fighting in Kashmir in the first half of 1990 talks with India continued , with the fourth round completed in April 1991 . |
| 9 | In Dundee in the first year more than 2,000 students applied to the access fund and more than £300,000 was allocated to them . |
| 10 | The problem was naturally most acute in the lands where feudalism was most highly developed : in northern France and the Low Countries , in England and south Italy after the Norman conquests , and in Syria after the First Crusade . |
| 11 | Mummification was not used in Syria in the first century , but the bodies may have been preserved in Egypt . |
| 12 | THE new Family and Community Ministry Course commences in January with the first unit : ‘ What is Family Ministry ’ . |
| 13 | The old flag was raised over the Supreme Soviet building in Riga for the first time on Feb. 27 . |
| 14 | Magnus Magnusson , TV presenter , president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , chair of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and currently chair of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland , will be taking on the most demanding environmental job in Scotland as the first chair of the new agency . |
| 15 | A resilient alliance between Protestant theology and Aristotelian philosophy , which had established itself in different parts of Europe , remained particularly strong in Scotland during the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 16 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 17 | Soon red kites , breeding again in Scotland for the first time in 100 years , may be added to their list . |
| 18 | So whereas he had treated with the pro-English party in Scotland in the first half of 1543 , in 1544 it was the pro-French faction which was uppermost in his mind . |
| 19 | It is rather difficult accurately to describe the idiosyncratic monument by Maximilian Colt at St Peter 's , Edensor , in Derbyshire to the First Earl of Devonshire ( d.1625 ) and his brother , Henry Cavendish ( d.1616 ) — perhaps the closest parallel would be a marble armoire with dressing-table in front , the whole flanked by two fearsome martial figures . |
| 20 | I was looking forward to being a guest in Ireland for the first time , instead of merely a paying guest . |
| 21 | Charlie Haughey : the man who groomed a woman to lead one of the major political parties in Ireland for the first time . |
| 22 | ( It is also relevant to Athenian fears that , as Livy tells us under the year 431 , Carthage now encroached in Sicily for the first time , iv.29.8 with R. M. Ogilvie ( 1965 ) Commentary on Livy i-v , Oxford . ) |
| 23 | Thus a limited constitution with a representative body , the Duma appeared in Russia for the first time . |
| 24 | He became a cult figure in Russia as the first cartoon character in space , the guest of honour on board a rocket celebrating the end of the Cold War . |
| 25 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 26 | In his early works he was very concerned with the problem of ‘ alienation ’ and the ‘ essence of man ’ and even in Capital it is impossible not to be moved in reading his account of conditions in England during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | The system is known to have been used in England in the first part of the eighth century , and continued to be employed by Anglo-Saxon kings until the tenth , when it fell into almost total disuse . |
| 28 | The panels were commissioned by James A. de Rothschild for his London house in St James 's Place when he and his wife came to live in England after the First World War . |
| 29 | With the scheduling of the 1992 Asian Classic — in Thailand for the first time this year — for January 30 , and the new World Championship for mid-December each year , the professional golf season now effectively covers 12 months , involving more travel than ever before . |
| 30 | The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in the first half of 1992 . |