Example sentences of "by [noun prp] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hood block , which lies close to recent discoveries , was awarded to a group operated by LASMO in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 2 | It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards . |
| 3 | The FBO was bought by Toyota as a first step in learning more about the GA business . |
| 4 | The rotating presidency of the Council was held by Ireland for the first half of 1990 , by Italy for the second half of 1990 , and in 1991 it was held first by Luxembourg and then by the Netherlands . |
| 5 | Eight days before the choice Mains ' face seemed set in a state of shock , for the All Blacks had just escaped 24–21 from defeat by Ireland in the First Test . |
| 6 | It is certainly true that one strand at least in a Northumbrian view of the past seems to have thought of Nechtanesmere as destroying the position of military dominance originally achieved by Eadwine in the first half of the seventh century ( HE II , 5 ) , whereas Eadwine 's ascendancy over the Britons in Wales had disappeared by the mid-630s and an overlordship of the southern English kingdoms , restored only temporarily in the late 650s , was lost long before 685 ( see above , p. 85 ) . |
| 7 | Hereford fell again … only one goal in it … they 're always so close are United … but not close enough on the attackers for the winner which was scored by Morris in the first half … |
| 8 | Just out of Bainbridge by the road that snakes up by Brough Hill are the remains of a Roman camp built by Agricola in the first century AD to police the area . |
| 9 | This concern was voiced by Joanne within the first month of the new way of working : |
| 10 | Greek historian ( c .200–120 BC ) of the rise of Rome , referred to by Gibbon in the first chapter of his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . |
| 11 | The Gnostic critique and rejection of the Creator God of the Old Testament was taken to extremes by Marcion in the first half of the second century . |
| 12 | Yet Israel occupies less than a quarter of the mandatory territory controlled by Britain after the first world war . |
| 13 | The Roman system of dating ab urbe condita ( i.e. from the foundation of Rome ) was introduced by Varro in the first century BC and was based on the date assigned to the fabled founding of the city . |
| 14 | Part of a silver table service made by Lieberkuhn for the first banquet at Sanssouci , held in 1747 to celebrate the opening of the palace has been reassembled , together with portraits of the king and his family , including nineteenth-century scenes such as Menzel 's ‘ Flute concert at Sanssouci ’ . |
| 15 | Under the revised proposals multiparty transitional councils would be appointed by CODESA during the first phase to oversee regional and local government , finance and multiracial elections ; ultimate responsibility would remain with the NP government . |
| 16 | Much of the conflict over the nature of authority since Vatican II derives from the manner in which it was exercised by Rome in the first half of the twentieth century , and particularly during the pontificate of Pius XII . |
| 17 | The side , annihilated 22–0 by TUNISIA in the first round of the tournament , recovered well enough to give the same Tunisia a fright in the semi-finals of the Plate competition , the Etna Cup . |