Example sentences of "only [num] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact Hounslow could find only eight players for the first match of the tournament and conceded 12 goals against England before the hard-working Hacker opened their account . |
| 2 | Smith , opening the innings , made 74 from only 53 deliveries in the first hour of the day , striking two sixes and 13 fours , before retiring to give someone else some practice . |
| 3 | In spite of only thirteen miles on the first day , nine on the second , a day 's rest at Adrar , and another here at Reggane , the average was still eighteen . |
| 4 | Yusupov had prepared an unusual opening variation : taking only six minutes over the first 14 moves , while Karpov used almost an hour . |
| 5 | Despite the fact that he was unable to begin the part of Sifare until 1 December when the singer arrived in Milan — only 25 days before the first scheduled performance — the première nevertheless took place , as planned , on 26 December , and the opera received another 21 performances that season . |
| 6 | Half the fleet had arrived by last night , including the joint services yacht Satquote British Defender , which was beaten for eighth place by only 37 minutes by the first of the three Finnish challengers , Martela OF . |
| 7 | There was to be only one preview before the first night . |
| 8 | In December 1981 the Secretary of State for the Environment threatened to activate these default powers in Norwich , where the Labour-controlled city council had sold only 250 properties in the first year of the Act . |
| 9 | Only four minutes into the first match against the New Zealand XV at Rugby Park in Hamilton the England ‘ B ’ side put together a scoring movement which had the New Zealand purists purring and suggested that England ‘ B ’ had gained much from their tour . |
| 10 | The UK had only four representatives in the first , prosperous , half of the list : Norwich ( 23 ) , Brighton ( 28 ) , London ( 34 ) and Leicester ( 35 ) . |
| 11 | John , enjoying only his second year in the sport , had some troubles in the 250cc class with his BSA in the wet conditions on Saturday and retired it after only two laps in the first race . |
| 12 | He took only two wickets in the first Test after leapfrogging Essex man Mark Ilott when Alan Igglesden pulled out injured , but had two catches dropped by Graeme Hick , including Mark Taylor early in his match-winning innings . |
| 13 | So far , Scotland have taken only two points from the first three games in Group I. |
| 14 | Scotland , therefore , are not without hope in spite of a disappointing start that brought only two points from the first three games . |
| 15 | He performed only 24 hours within the first 12 months of the order , and was brought before the Crown Court where he was found to be in breach of the order , which was revoked . |