Example sentences of "from the first [noun] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights .
2 However , their history , from the first appointments in 1839 , has been one of constant change and adaptation .
3 There is decreased ability to stay away from the first use in any day of the substance or process of addiction .
4 The metropolitan areas in England were contested on party lines from the first elections in 1973 .
5 Figure 3.12 The spread of the habit , in tits , of opening milk bottle tops in Britain from the first record in 1921 near Southampton until 1947 .
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