Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 32 | The talks represented the first significant move towards peace since the announcement in February 1988 of the withdrawal of Soviet troops which was completed in February 1989 [ see pp. 35785 ; 35970-71 ; 36448-49 ] . |
| 33 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
| 34 | The Romans built the first quays on the river whose mouth is opposite those of the Rhine and the Maas ; from these quays ships could penetrate deep into Europe . |
| 35 | Table IV shows how the practices ended the first year in financial terms , and Table V shows how general practitioners and non-medical staff assessed the costs and benefits of fundholding in their practices . |