Example sentences of "to the [noun prp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We crossed the western main line by a bridge to get to the G.W.S. Outside the first shed was King George V. We went to see the broad gauge track layout with the transit shed and broad gauge signal and after that took a look at the carriage shed which contained some clerestory coaches . |
| 2 | Then , the day after that leak , the Financial Times ran a story headed ‘ Accountancy firms fall short of standards ’ , based on a confidential report to the DTI on the first year of audit regulation ( p 9 ) . |
| 3 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |
| 4 | The ‘ Etruscans ’ exhibition , curated by Dr Francesco Buranelli of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum ( see p. 14 ) in the Vatican , brings to the US for the first time around 180 pieces from the Guglielmi Collection , including votive busts , cinerary urns , domestic items , gold jewellery , and bronzes such as the ‘ Putto Graziani ’ . |
| 5 | Well backed by the huge number of British racegoers who had flocked to the Arc on the first Sunday in October , Dancing Brave started at odds of 11–10 on the Pari-Mutuel to beat his fourteen opponents with Bering second favourite at 11–4 . |
| 6 | He had brought with him the completed manuscript of ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ , and read it to the Wordsworths for the first time , so tradition says , in one of the Alfoxden parlours . |