Example sentences of "[noun] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CADW , the organisation responsible for historic monuments in Wales , is to carry out a new survey of listed buildings in Holyhead the first in 43 years . |
| 2 | At this level the first of the two chords is often chord V of a minor key , rather than chord I. The dénouement of Tancrè de contains three examples , each of which accompanies an allusion to Clorinda 's fate . |
| 3 | This is the week that Sun Microsystems Inc debuts the first of its much-heralded , if tardy , Viking boxes . |
| 4 | The Matra-Ford proved even more reliable the following season , as car and driver swept the board with six wins which gave Stewart the first of his three world titles , winning by 26 points from Jacky Ickx ( Bel ) . |
| 5 | The ceremony at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was for the presentation of an old Spitfire that had been hauled out of an English lake and identified as belonging to 71 Squadron the first of the Eagle squadrons formed from American volunteers back in 1940 . |
| 6 | At 0630 hours the first of the early risers entered the cookhouse for breakfast . |
| 7 | Now , that would have been a W I committee day so we 've had to alter the committee to the Tuesday , so I 'm afraid they 'll be no handy craft on Tuesday the first of December . |
| 8 | As you may recall , last season we failed to get our name drawn from the Vase hat and , remembering past FA Cup fiascos , I gave the lads the first round Saturday off . |
| 9 | Whether ther there 's a there 's a t two pronged effect the first of which is that high tariffs consumption because prices are higher and therefore consumption will fall and secondly , if high prices are also charged farmers to domestic farmers right then they 'll increase their output . |
| 10 | It was here that , at the Competition for the Crown forty-two years before , Edward the First of England had met the Scots magnates and set in motion the actions which ultimately led to the Wars of Independence . |
| 11 | Accompanying the conference is a major exhibition at the Museum the first of FIDEM 's biennial contemporary medal exhibitions to be held in Britain entitled ‘ In the Round : contemporary art medals of the world ’ featuring 1,300 contemporary medals selected by the national delegates of FIDEM ( until 25 October ) . |
| 12 | Di was putting on a brave face today amidst speculation that their marriage is undergoing a serious rift is threatening to eclipse their visit to South Korea the first by members of the Royal Family . |
| 13 | William Hill , the other William , immediately cut their price on Wills being crowned by January the first in the year two thousand from twenty five to one to ten to one . |
| 14 | They were formed over fifty centuries ago by the Phoenix King Caledor the first at the start of the schism between the High Elves and the Dark Elves . |
| 15 | Traditionally , a company of White Lions acts as the personal bodyguard of the Phoenix King in honour of the time they saved Caledor the first from Dark Elf assassins . |
| 16 | You 're summoned for a number of offences the first of which is that on the twenty first of June nineteen eighty eight you , on the public road namely Acrington Road Worley , used a mechanically propelled vehicle when there was no excise licence in force . |
| 17 | Certainly if Hughes plays against Latvia in Belfast the way he played against them in Riga the first of those farewell games for Bingham will yield another two points . |
| 18 | The shock news came as Roker manager Malcolm Crosby was completing his preparations for tonight 's visit of Second Dvision leaders Ipswich Town the first of four crucial games in seven days . |
| 19 | In November the first of these digests for the months July , August and September , will be available . |
| 20 | In a fifth instance , given in ex.5d , the cellos , again in the tenor clef , have the combined angular and linear theme the first with strokes , the second with dots while the basses , in bar 383 , give out the fourth of the five themes , with strokes in pure accentual meaning , as proved by the third minim that is tied to its neighbour . |
| 21 | 30% of Bulgaria 's electricity is currently nuclear generated and at Belene on the River Danube the first of four 1000 MW PWRs is expected to begin electricity generation in the 1990s . |
| 22 | It 's Monday the first of October nineteen ninety . |
| 23 | And that was the Fox Report for Monday the first of October , nineteen ninety . |
| 24 | Sunderland ultimately stole the spotlight with their cup final appearance the first by a club from the region since Liverpool licked Newcastle 3–0 in 1974 . |
| 25 | That experience proved useful when he worked with the Cipperfields organisation to help design , develop and construct a themed leisure facility in Jordan the first of its kind in the Middle East . |
| 26 | ‘ Sunday the first of Sometimes , |
| 27 | The Galician separatist movement the First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group ( Grupo de Resistencia Anti-fascista Primero de Octubre — GRAPO ) claimed responsibility for killing two Civil Guards in Santiago de Compostela ( north-west Spain ) on March 10 , 1989 [ see p. 36777 ] . |
| 28 | The players will train at Bradford next week and have three days together in Wales prior to the game the first between the countries since England won convincingly at Ebbw Vale eight years ago . |
| 29 | Tough tackling and controlled possession by Woodmill were the dominant features of extra time and no goals resulted , making the game the first of the tournament to go to penalties . |
| 30 | Wednesday the first of When , |