Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] its first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 2 | The invasion of the non-marine habitat probably first happened in the Carboniferous , but relatives of the living land snails are rare before the Cretaceous , at which time the familiar Helix made its first appearance . |
| 3 | In 1988 the National Radiological Protection Board produced its first report commissioned by the government into whether there was any link . |
| 4 | Legislation to allow Nazi war criminals to be put on trial passed its first reading in the Commons . |
| 5 | The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884 . |
| 6 | Communism found its first means of expression in the various international organizations ( the Internationals ) that were established by Marx and Engels and their followers from the 1860s on . |
| 7 | Russia 's space industry has won a contract to launch its first western satellite . |
| 8 | Ten years ago on 25 June the Joint European Torus ( JET ) experiment produced its first plasma . |
| 9 | Smyth and Kilgore form a formidable half-back partnership in the City of Derry rugby team but both will be absent when the club plays its first game at its new Judges Road ground tomorrow . |
| 10 | This month sees the TOP Programme completing its first 18 months of operation . |
| 11 | The Association appointed its first full-time Marketing Manager , . |
| 12 | Juniors ' new deal meets its first deadline |
| 13 | The grateful club played its first game in over a year last month , but , surprisingly , not in Broomfield and Alexander colours . |
| 14 | The Club celebrated its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract its first 50 years in style , viz. an extract from the Henley Standard of July 25th , 1958 : ‘ Weekend of Celebration at Harpsden . |
| 15 | Twenty years later , the Daily Mirror hired this car to transport its first million-pound Bingo winner , Mrs. Maudie Barrett to the Town Hall to receive her cheque . |
| 16 | The programme completed its first year in May during which time 25 miles of footpaths were improved . |
| 17 | The task force published its first report in September 1988 . |
| 18 | In 1830 , the National Association held its first conference . |
| 19 | In the same year the Department gained its first Deputy General Manager with the promotion of Anthony Depledge from Traffic Manager . |
| 20 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 21 | As the tape makes its first pass , the first pair of heads scans half the tape . |
| 22 | When the measure received its first reading in Strasbourg , MEPs secured a number of changes on , for instance , the definition of polymers , safety data sheets and compulsory use of child-proof containers for dangerous substances intended for domestic use . |
| 23 | Earlier , in May 1939 , No 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron received its first spitfire , also becoming the first Auxiliary Unit in Britain to be equipped with the new 1000 H.P. 8-gun interceptors . |
| 24 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Share Index suffered its first annual fall since 1984 and its most serious since 1981 , closing the year at 2,633 . |
| 25 | The proposal passed its first and second readings in the European Parliament with minimal amendments , and was adopted in March 1993 substantially upon the lines of the text published in July 1992 . |
| 26 | Last year the consortium made its first ‘ operating profit ’ . |
| 27 | So it 's something of a treat that the Discovery has its first British airing at Motorfair . |
| 28 | Group testing received its first big boost when the US entered World War 1 in 1917 to provide for the rapid classification of a million and a half recruits who needed to be assigned to suitable roles in the military machine . |
| 29 | The following year both the Industrial Welfare Society and the Institute of Directors held conferences on retirement preparation , with the Preparation for Retirement Committee holding its first national conference in 1963 . |
| 30 | The Royal Academy score , then , is that of the original version : copied before ( though only just before ) The Fairy Queen started its first run , and used not for rehearsals — there are no signs of wear and tear — but as a master from which the parts were prepared . |