Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're opening the gates of the Manor Ground for the first time this season tomorrow … new signing Anton Rogan has been trying on his shirt today … |
| 2 | Leek Town 1 Southport 0 : The Sandgrounders ' 20 match unbeaten run came to an end as they failed to score in the HFS League for the first time this season . |
| 3 | The United States moved steadily away from the Moscow agreement in the first half of 1946 . |
| 4 | For instance , half a dozen A's are included much later because as Miller explained varieties of Aloe and Agave had only recently flowered in the Chelsea Garden for the first time and could not have appeared before . |
| 5 | The SD report for the first quarter of 1939 mentioned the speech only in the context of factors influencing the German press to fix attention firmly on foreign policy developments , and made a brief reference to Hitler 's remarks on the ‘ Church problem ’ . |
| 6 | Neither Julia nor I had realised that some delegates would be registering on the Saturday morning for the first time — we had n't covered this . |
| 7 | SPAIN recorded a sensational 6–0 win over Romania in the FIRA Championship on the first weekend of April in Madrid . |
| 8 | A Thirties scene with modern streamlined cars passing the massive war memorial constructed with the profits from shell-making by the Tramways Department in the First World War . |
| 9 | This , after all , is why we have the Maastricht treaty in the first place . |
| 10 | From these statements it is possible to deduce that Hizir Bey must have been appointed to the Sultan medrese during the first sultanate of Mehmed II ( 848–50/1444–6 ) and that Molla Arab can not therefore have begun his study with him , much less become anyone 's before the summer of 848/1444 . |
| 11 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 12 | Perhaps the most confused man in the Yorkshire Dales during the first frantic days after the first transmission was the Baldersdale postman . |
| 13 | SHEFFIELD Eagles soared to the finals of the Yorkshire Cup for the first time — despite Hull 's stunning opening when Lee Jackson touched down in less than nine seconds . |
| 14 | Barlow , who helped Freed State win the Nissan Shield for the first time during the past season , has taken up his appointment in time to lead Transvaal in partnership with captain Jimmy Cook on the short tour of England in July . |
| 15 | The fact that Guatemala in 1954 had ‘ returned from Communism ’ ( and was regarded by the United States as the first country to do so ) increased Soviet reluctance to be perceived to be experiencing another ‘ loss ’ in the area ( even though they did not accept that Castro was embarking on a road towards Communism ) . |
| 16 | It was he who , with others in the legendary Room 40 at the Admiralty under the direction of Sir Alfred Ewing ( later to be Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University ) , had decoded the famous Zimmermann telegram which played its part in bringing the United States into the First World War . |
| 17 | In context the psychoanalysis in order to explain erm Wilson 's actions and er , attitudes in the pres presidency of the United States during the First World War , basically con concentrates on erm . |
| 18 | During an , a very intensive training and organization period in the United States during the first half of nineteen forty three , and that does sound a long time ago , er we er the Three-Ninetieth Bomb Group , under the able direction of Colonel , er arrived at Parham , right here , in July nineteen forty three . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , inflation rose for some months , and production continued to grow in all major economies except the United States during the first half of 1974 . |
| 20 | We can not win the Ryder Cup , the Curtis Cup , the Walker Cup in the United States for the first time again . |
| 21 | Useful pedigree CHICAGO ( AP ) — The Queen of England will race a horse in the United States for the first time in 35 years at Arlington International Racecourse . |
| 22 | You visited the United States for the first time in 1963 . |
| 23 | In 1975 , Laura visited the United States for the first time to see the San Francisco venture for herself . |
| 24 | The month-long finals , to be staged in the United States for the first time , will take place in nine cities , beginning on 17 June , 1994 . |
| 25 | There was also a major upset in Ballymena , where the DUP lost control of the council to the Ulster Unionists for the first time in 15 years . |
| 26 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 27 | Nathan had not been on enough flights to be anything but excited , and he was going north of the Arctic Circle for the first time . |
| 28 | Oil giant Shell UK appeared in court at Birkenhead , Merseyside yesterday charged with polluting the River Mersey in the first major case brought by the new pollution watchdog , the National Rivers Authority . |
| 29 | On the Wednesday morning of the first week of the schedule he was sitting with the cards spread before him and feeling fairly secure . |
| 30 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |