Example sentences of "[num] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixteen months later , in January 1858. the first tenants were already in their new farmhouses . |
| 2 | In 1275 the first statute of Westminster spoke of Edward 's concern to improve the lot of both the church and the realm generally : the statute was issued |
| 3 | Eventually in 1275 the first Statute of Westminster appears to have provided that the ravishment of any woman was an offence punishable with a penalty of two years ' imprisonment and ransom and in 1285 the second Statute of Westminster turned this into a capital offence . |
| 4 | In 1852 he became the first Moderator of the new Presbytery of Otago Province and in 1869 the first Chancellor of the University of Otago . |
| 5 | At eleven the first TV film crew turned up . |
| 6 | On 26 January 1986 the first protest against the proposed lignite mining took place when over 2,000 people marched from Moortown school to the Old Cross at Ardboe where they held a rally . |
| 7 | 1.2 The first point is of general importance to both liability and quantum : namely , that the basic rule relating to evidence contained in RSC Ord 38 , r1 ( see Appendix C ) and CCR Ord 20 , r4 provides that questions of fact should be proved at the hearing of any action begun by writ or of any action in a county court by the examination of witnesses orally in open court . |
| 8 | In 1452 the first sugarmill ( water-powered ) was constructed . |
| 9 | In about the year 1971 the first plaintiff established a music school ( ‘ the centre ’ ) . |
| 10 | Fender Bass VI The first Bass VI I remember seeing was being used on television by Jack Bruce , during a mimed performance of Strange Brewby Cream . |
| 11 | In April 1980 the first attack on Raybestos came yet again from the Ringaskiddy residents . |
| 12 | Pursuing this finding , Lewis published in 1872 the first observation of nematode haematozoa in human blood , and coined the term Filaria sanguinis hominis . |
| 13 | In 1540 the first volume of the Privy Council 's register records only nineteen members . |
| 14 | In the expansive atmosphere of the turn of the century Catalan and Valencian manufacturers were doing precisely this : in 1790 the first steam engine came to Barcelona . |
| 15 | FEB 1993 The first anniversary of TOP was marked by presentations to a representative group of staff outlining progress and difficulties encountered in the past year . |
| 16 | 22–4 The first meeting of the Killarrow and Kilmeny School Board was held at the Bridgend Hotel . |
| 17 | EPISODE 2 THE FIRST STOP |
| 18 | If you missed Turry 2 the first time round , four pounds is a small price to pay for one of last year 's best games . |
| 19 | The 5½ million inhabitants of England and Wales in 1700 had swelled to nearly 7 million in 1760 ; in 1801 the first census revealed that there were over 9 million people ; by 1811 there were 10½ million . |
| 20 | In the early 1830s the first oak plantations were established . |
| 21 | Also on March 22 the first round of cantonal elections were held for 2,025 general councillors ( including 79 overseas ) , with a second round on March 29 [ for last cantonal elections in 1985 see p. 36705 ] . |
| 22 | The moment was propitious , for on 19 April 1775 the first shots were fired , at Lexington in Massachusetts , in the rebellion of the American colonists , which rapidly developed into a full-scale war and led , on 4 July 1776 , to the new United States of America formally proclaiming their independence of Great Britain . |
| 23 | At 0600 the first patrol of eight men , led by Lieutenant Roger Thompson , rolled out of Hofoaek Barracks in their two Land-Rovers on the start of their 270 kilometre round trip . |
| 24 | In 1757 the first stage of the harbour was built . |
| 25 | By a respondent 's notice dated 1 July 1991 the first defendant cross-appealed , seeking an order that on the taking of accounts and inquiry ordered to be taken by Chief Master Munrow on 14 March 1988 , the plaintiffs were not entitled to raise an objection to the defendants ' accounts on the ground that the items were unreasonable in amount unless the court had deprived the first defendant as mortgagee of relevant costs . |
| 26 | By 1963 the first round of green belt submissions had been vetted by the Ministry and controls were in operation around most of our major cities . |
| 27 | By the end of 1929 the First report was published : slim and hastily written it yet established a frame of reference for the London region . |
| 28 | On Nov. 10-13 the first elements of the UN Advance Mission in Cambodia ( UNAMIC ) arrived in the country . |
| 29 | 5.1 THE FIRST PARAGRAPH |
| 30 | In 1522 the first attempts were made to establish a border defence zone — the military frontier — to protect the Habsburg lands against the Turks in Bosnia and Serbia . |