Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] ' first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Institute 's standards , for example , training organisations are expected to pay for the students ' first examination attempt . |
| 2 | South African tour manager Abie Malan , preparing for the tourists ' first game with England since 1984 , said : ‘ I am disappointed to hear such news on the eve of the last important match of our tour , one which the ANC publicly approved . |
| 3 | The very day after the judges ' first meeting , the slenderness of the chances of anything being built , as a result of the competition , was publicly revealed . |
| 4 | The gathering of about 90 delegates from most Highland denominations took place a year after the churches ' first AIDS conference . |
| 5 | The windows are open to the night , spilling the sound of the pretenders ' first album out over the slope of grass towards the small loch and the lights of the library and Admin buildings on the far side . |
| 6 | When the Linfield manager gets a telephone call from Windsor Park tonight it will provide details of the Blues ' first domestic defeat in the season — and their worst performance to date . |
| 7 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
| 8 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
| 9 | In the Kiwis ' first innings , Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-25 and Muthiah Muralidaran 3-22 , their best Test figures . |
| 10 | Among the ministers ' first acts on the opening day of the conference was the admission to the CSCE ( announced and welcomed by Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin ) of the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania , bringing total membership to 38 . |
| 11 | Even so , the beginning of an English influence is suggested by the brothers ' first names and by the fact that William 's second name , Justavus , is spelled that way , indicating an English pronunciation , instead of the more usual Gustavus . |