Example sentences of "new [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new parliament convened for the first time on June 9 . |
| 2 | The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 . |
| 3 | When the new Assembly met for the first time on Sept. 24 , seven opposition members refused to take their seats , claiming that the election had been rigged . |
| 4 | The new Cabinet met for the first time on June 12 and Shamir attempted to head off Arab-led calls for a special UN Security Council team to visit the West Bank and Gaza [ see p. 37443 ] by proposing that a UN envoy , Jean-Claude Aimé , should visit the area in their place . |
| 5 | ’ N'Grabbit depressed a button on the unit she held in her hand and a new graphic merged with the first ‘ … you can see that he has been somewhat over-confident in his predictions . |