Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
| 2 | AT the end of last month the University received the first information from the UFC on its recurrent grant and funded student numbers for 1992/93 . |
| 3 | And this morning the musician caught the first Concorde flight back to the US to be with his pregnant wife . |
| 4 | Captain Bligh of the Bounty took the first apples to Australia ; Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of Cape Settlement , took them to South Africa and the Pilgrim Fathers who boarded the Mayflower carried them to America . |
| 5 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
| 6 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 7 | Macari signed for Celtic in 1966 , and was an exciting reserve prospect during the Lisbon Lion era , when the club became the first British team to win the coveted European Cup . |
| 8 | The Club played the first of several matches against Mr. H.R. Blaker 's ‘ golf-cricketer 's team ’ which included several staff and minor players of the Kent County Cricket Club . |
| 9 | In 1882 the Legislature took the first of these courses . |
| 10 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 11 | Rothstein deemed that the Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of expression , and stated that " in order for the flag to endure as a symbol of freedom in this nation , we must protect with equal vigour the right to destroy it and the right to wave it " . |
| 12 | Here the boy met the first Anglican priest who interested him in religion . |
| 13 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
| 14 | The Institute introduced the first video package in 1982 and currently has eight titles available for sale . |
| 15 | England 's record try-scorer held off his tackler , fed younger brother Tony on the loop and the 24-year-old celebrated the first brother partnership in an England line-up for 54 years by scoring in the left-hand corner . |
| 16 | The team won the first leg 2-1 and drew the second leg in Belfast on Wednesday night to qualify for the first round of the tournament . |
| 17 | King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender . |
| 18 | The court chose the first of these two interpretations . |
| 19 | The axeman wore the first beard of a boy and had big ears that stuck through his hair . |
| 20 | In his Autumn Statement ( p 124 ) , the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the first year capital allowance for plant and machinery ( excluding cars ) to 40% for 12 months from 1 November 1992 and introduced an initial allowance of 20% for industrial and agricultural buildings where contracts are placed before 31 October 1993 and they are brought into use before the end of 1994 . |
| 21 | The youngest BCRS member , 3-year-old Daisy Nottingham 's look of horror as the train entered the first tunnel . |
| 22 | The Kurd entered the first of them cautiously , sniffing for wild beasts , then beckoned them in . |
| 23 | The headmaster made the first speech , flags flew , the town band played a medley of the tunes of the old Ukraine , a hymn was sung . |
| 24 | The Government announced the first payment in BT3 will be 150p per share with a minimum of 120 shares with the second instalment 140p in a bid to ensure a spectacular success for the sale which closes at 10am on July 14 . |
| 25 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 26 | In 1982 , at ASH 's instigation , the government commissioned the first national survey of smoking among children and found that 11% of 11–16 year olds were smoking regularly [ 4 ] . |
| 27 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 28 | The bill represented the first major overhaul of US energy policy since the 1970s . |
| 29 | Yesterday , the union claimed the first jobs casualty of the base rate rise — the Automobile Association 's announcement of 500 job losses , in the wake of the company 's decision to pull out of the air package holiday business . |
| 30 | The city became the first major growth point of the Central Lowlands . |