Example sentences of "[pron] admit [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " . |
| 2 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 3 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 4 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 5 | He admitted in the first of the series that providing serfs with land seemed to pose insuperable practical difficulties , but in the last he argued " that the acquisition of landed property on the part of the peasants can be accomplished durably and even quickly " . |
| 6 | This argument turned out to be the one that forced us to admit in the first place that we do not know that we are not brains in vats . |