Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paraguay has its first civilian president in nearly half a century . |
| 2 | has its first civilian president for 21 years . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND has its first country-wide patients ' association . |
| 4 | Our surprise away win at Chamden City Reserves last Saturday means that Athletico Whaddon has its first unbeaten run in nineteen seasons . |
| 5 | The ( very ) steep section of the Cornice has its first new route of the year courtesy of John Hart . |
| 6 | So it 's something of a treat that the Discovery has its first British airing at Motorfair . |
| 7 | The Russian Republic has its first Green Party , formed at a meeting of environmentalists in Leningrad . |
| 8 | EDINBURGH-BASED Rachel McFadden has her first competitive test of current form in Bracknell this weekend at the British modern tetrathlon championships . |
| 9 | A NEW tradition begins this week when the city of York holds its first annual St Nicholas Fayre . |
| 10 | 73 The spreading cult of Sigmar the Patron God of the Empire receives its first Grand Theogonist , Johann Helsturm . |
| 11 | They care The RSPCA launches its first Cruelty-Free Weekend , November 7 and 8 at Regent 's College , London , including vegetarian cooking , fashion shows and make-up demonstrations from Beauty Without Cruelty . |
| 12 | Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday launches its first full-function servers , and with them hopes to persuade small- and medium-size businesses to buy from it all the computer equipment they need ; the new Workgroup servers can process data up to four times faster than Quadras , and although they will support alien machines , they are designed primarily for networks consisting mainly of Macintoshes ; the Workgroup Server Models 60 and 80 cost from $3,080 to $10,000 , the high-end Model 95 at $7,600 to $13,000 ; the 95 is out by the end of April the other two this summer ; the company also has a new Release 4.0 of its AppleShare file and print sharing software , and a high-end AppleShare Pro ; the company is also launching AppleTalk Connection for MS-DOS and Windows to enable cross communications between Macintosh and MS-DOS boxes in a network . |
| 13 | Meanwhile in France , reform of the election laws may give Les Verts their first electoral victories . |
| 14 | BRITISH TELECOM INTRODUCES ITS FIRST END-TO-END SPEECH ONLY INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT , LONDON TO PARIS |
| 15 | LONDON MARKET GETS ITS FIRST VIRTUAL REALITY PLAY AS DIVISION PREPARES TO GO PUBLIC VIA PLACING |
| 16 | FourGen Software Inc opens its first overseas offices this month in Amsterdam , hoping to capitalize on downsizing trends among large European corporations . |
| 17 | IAN BOTHAM and son Liam create cricket history 60 miles apart today — for while Ian runs out at Trent Bridge for his 114th one-day international appearance , son Liam gets his first one-day England call at Oundle School , Peterborough . |
| 18 | Eleven-year-old Macaulay gets his first on-screen smacker from child co-star Anna Chlumsky . |
| 19 | BOY wonder Nicholas MacMahon enters a brave new world as he takes his first tentative taps on a computer keyboard . |
| 20 | COMPAQ DIRECTS ITS FIRST PRECIOUS PARTS TO THE DESKTOP , ANNOUNCES SERVER PRODUCTS TOO |
| 21 | The convergence , in fact , reflects his first full-scale , and characteristically self-conscious , attempt to oppose fragmentation in favour of a whole response to experience . |
| 22 | Helmsley artists Fiona Scott , sister of TV presenter Selina , presents her first major exhibition at the Stable Gallery , Wandsworth Common in London tomorrow . |
| 23 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 24 | Gary Mabbutt , last season 's skipper , plays his first full game after three summer operations in a friendly against West Ham this morning . |
| 25 | Cash bonuses come the way of the super seasiders whom Byrne plays 15 first team matches and wins his first full cap . |
| 26 | the real flying machines will be over in Swindon … the Foxhill Track stages its first big meeting of the year … all of Britain 's top Grand Prix riders are racing … |
| 27 | GRANDAD : Andrew Nickell gives his first full interview Picture : KEN LENNOX |
| 28 | ‘ This represents our first global sponsorship of a sporting event , ’ said David Green , vice president of marketing for McDonald 's , the fast food chain who boast 22 million customers a day . |
| 29 | LOUISE STUART faces her first serious test of the summer track season in the Northern Championships at Blackpool this weekend having completed her final exams at Newcastle Polytechnic yesterday . |
| 30 | The drug now faces its first serious contender in omeprazole , made by Astra , a Swedish firm . |