Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BORIS YELTSIN , maverick and volleyball enthusiast , is the only plausible rival to Mikhail Gorbachev for the first freely elected president of the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Four years later , in the summer of 1953 , the BBC broadcast The Quatermass Experiment , a six part serial by Nigel Kneale , and a landmark as the first popularly accepted science fiction production . |
| 3 | By March 9th when the Germans were ready to make a renewed attempt on the Mort Homme , via Bethincourt to the northwest , the French were well-consolidated after their initial setback ; the Reichs Archives chronicle the ‘ tragedy of the first utterly collapsed assault on the Left Bank ’ But le beau Colonel , alas , was barely to outlive his triumph . |
| 4 | Last year saw the completion of the first ever tenant-led £1.3 million ‘ Passive Solar Energy Demonstration Project ’ . |
| 5 | The first full-page story told in pictures concerning the first truly British comic hero — a character called ‘ Ally Sloper ’ — appeared in Judy during 1867 . |
| 6 | The six will give their views as part of the first ever children 's museum of the year competition . |
| 7 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 8 | Levitt considers many Japanese companies as the first truly global marketers and contrasts their practices strongly with the approach taken by Hoover in marketing automatic washing machines in Europe . |
| 9 | The Bible will now be available to the estimated 750,000 Maasai people who live in Kenya and Tanzania with the recent publication of the first ever Ki-Maasai version by the Bible Society of Kenya ( BSK ) . |
| 10 | As an employee of the British Canoe Union and its Director from 1980 to 1987 , Ron was the driving force behind the staging of the first ever triple World Championships to be held in one country in a given year . |
| 11 | Durham County Council deputy leader Bob Pendlebury welcomed the county 's inclusion in the first round while Hilary Armstrong , Labour MP for North West Durham , expressed concern at the Government 's motives . |
| 12 | PLANS to develop the small Fife oil discovery in the North Sea are being studied after a successful test on the first well drilled to establish the field 's potential . |
| 13 | Twenty-six racial equality officers came to the university to enrol in classes for the first ever diploma in race and community relations . |
| 14 | This earned George Mackenzie national fame as the first prelingually deaf person to achieve the distinction of MA Cantab . |
| 15 | Two weeks after the first ever pictures were snatched from Bugatti 's promotional video by Autocar & Motor 's Italian editor Luca Ciferri ( 3 October ) , the first photographs of the car in the flesh have appeared . |
| 16 | June 1993 saw a new Wimpey landmark with the announcement of the first ever rights issue in the Group 's history . |
| 17 | Virgin retail was among the top three record-shop chains in Britain , with shops in almost every major town and plans to develop a new concept in record retailing , a ‘ megastore ’ , in Oxford Street , close by the site of the first ever Virgin shop . |
| 18 | I remember about six weeks into the first nationally televised programme I ever did , going into Harrods to buy something . |
| 19 | Alison MacKenzie , second year student of Maths and Computing at Stirling University played hooker for the Scottish national team in the first ever full international women 's rugby match against Ireland . |
| 20 | On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl . |
| 21 | Austrian artist Herman Nitsch who staged a happening at the first ever FIAC in 1973 involving beef carcasses , was trying to épater les bourgeois again this year with ‘ Altar ’ made of blood-stained stretchers at Galerie Krinzinger from Vienna . |
| 22 | The renewed impetus which ultimately led to the SEA derived considerable support from the first directly elected European Parliament ( EP ) . |
| 23 | The claim of the second is a reason against accepting the claim of the first only when the two authorities are incompatible , as are the claims of two governments to be legitimate governments of one country . |
| 24 | KAPIL DEV , India 's Pride , became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he trapped Australian opener Mark Taylor lbw in the first over after tea at 4.05 on the third day in the final Test of the recent series . |
| 25 | FRANK SINATRA ‘ 20 Golden Greats ’ 20-track compilation featuring ‘ The Lady Is A Tramp ’ and ‘ That Old Black Magic ’ among the cream of the first ever pop icon 's recordings for Capitol ( '53 –'61); |
| 26 | Victory was achieved in spectacular style in the first over after tea , left-hander Sanath Jayasuriya swinging his first ball , from Tufnell , over mid-wicket for six . |
| 27 | In July that year , he flew Mercury on the first ever commercial Atlantic flight with a half-ton payload , starting at Foynes and landing at Montreal some 20 hours later , navigating by astro . |
| 28 | Dental fluorosis , no matter how slight , is an irreversible pathological condition recognised by authorities around the world as the first readily detectable clinical symptom of previous chronic fluoride poisoning . |
| 29 | You wo n't , you definitely wo n't ask at the end of the first not a hope in hell begin the second , cos you might ask at the end of the second appointment . |
| 30 | NORTHERN Ireland showjumpers have a busy month ahead with many dates on the calendar including the first ever Cavan Indoor Championships , organised by Pauline and Mervyn Clarke . |