Example sentences of "in the first [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who scored Charlton 's first goal on their return to The Valley is a logical sequel to the original poser : Who was the first player to score in the first live televised game in England ? |
| 2 | Four separate military task forces were deployed in the first major military deployment of the Bush presidency , with the Pentagon keen to show that if the traditional threat in central Europe was declining , it was ready to project US power elsewhere in the globe . |
| 3 | He showed in the first official Surrealist exhibition in Paris in 1925 and the following year he had his first solo show . |
| 4 | Today we are supposedly living in the first great secular age of history ( though do we not still worship our own pagan idols — of money and success ? ) . |
| 5 | The orientation changed to ‘ Fürsorgeerziehung ’ ( literally ‘ welfare education ’ ) in the first comprehensive national law reform of 1896 ( the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch , BGB ) which came into force in 1900 and which still forms the basis , for example , for involuntary reception into care in cases where parents ‘ abuse their parental power ’ ( s. 1666 ) . |
| 6 | So when the wedding was over , the special train pulled out amidst a rainstorm , and there was an undignified scramble for seats in the first ordinary scheduled train into Windsor Station . |
| 7 | In the first icy transatlantic blast , he pointedly refused to meet Premier John Major , who visits Washington later this month . |
| 8 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 9 | In the first half 170 textile companies recorded problems compared with 112 in the whole of 1988 . |
| 10 | Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United . |
| 11 | There had been intense speculation over whether or not Rawlings would compete in the first free presidential contest since his return to power in a military coup in December 1981 ( having previously chaired the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which had ruled Ghana from June to September 1979 — see pp. 30437-51 ; 31477-86 ) . |
| 12 | As for tomorrow 's race , Jeremy ca n't realistically expect to finish in the first ten first time out . |
| 13 | The mayor , the mayoress and an obscure royal rode in the first sleek open limousine . |
| 14 | Brigit , 45 , will be seen in the first commercial this week playing a mum worried about her daughter going to university for the first time . |
| 15 | In the first multiparty general election , held in November 1990 , the PCDI gained an overwhelming majority , winning 163 of the 175 seats [ see pp. 37841-42 ] . |