Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 2 | The Science Museum claims to have lost about 60% of its visitors in the 12 months after introducing a £3.50 fee for adults in October 1988 ( though the fall is based on a dodgy head-count , before entrance tickets provided the first precise numbers ) . |
| 3 | Ray Butts made the first one for his own guitar player , then he took it to Nashville and showed it to Chet Atkins and Chet bought one . |
| 4 | RICK COLE AUCTIONS hosted the first Annual Reno Warbird and Classic Aircraft Auction on September 18 and 19 at the new Reno Hotel ( formerly Bally 's ) . |
| 5 | An example can be seen at the Didcot Railway Centre With the fine locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch , the GWR 's broad gauge trains formed the first real expresses and indeed the inaugural train from London to Bristol led to the comment that this must be the only time on record that an engineer had exceeded his promises ! |
| 6 | In 1966 , British post offices issued the first special Christmas stamps . |
| 7 | The Guardian and The Observer published details of the contents of the book in April 1986 and The Sunday Times published the first of a series of extracts in July 1987 . |
| 8 | REACTION was muted in Dublin yesterday when the Sunday Times published the first extracts from Forbidden Fruit , the book detailing Annie Murphy 's affair with the then Bishop of Kerry , Dr Eamon Casey . |
| 9 | His locomotive designs included the first British heavy freight 2–8–0 types in 1903 , the Pacific 4–6–2 express type in 1908 , and the first general purpose 2–6–0 type in 1911 . |
| 10 | All three parties to the Bosnia talks attended the first meeting since the current round began two weeks ago and the Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegovic , said he would sign key documents in a peace package . |
| 11 | Although teething troubles dogged the first week of pedestrianisation in Darlington traders and shoppers generally welcomed the scheme . |
| 12 | On April 9 , relief agencies undertook the first stage of an operation to assist Kurdish refugees inside Turkey , amidst allegations by Turkish officials that the Turkish Red Crescent had borne the brunt of the relief effort . |
| 13 | Supported by an opinion poll revealing extensive support among voters for extra resources for education , union leaders said the first phase of a prolonged press advertising campaign , launched in national newspapers today , would cost £500,000 . |
| 14 | Thirteen young Waverley Harriers attended the first Brighton & Hove open meeting at Withdean Stadium on Saturday . |
| 15 | As a result , the Football League proposed a cut in wages and in October Coventry City players became the first to accept a reduction . |
| 16 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 17 | EC monitors reported the first use of Soviet-made ground to ground missiles on Dec. 30 south of Zagreb . |
| 18 | In 1959 , three years after he applied for German papers under his own name at the German embassy , he fled to Paraguay as the Frankfurt authorities issued the first warrant for his arrest . |