Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool SC and Renegades shared the first leg spoils at 6–6 , and it was all square again in the second leg , which means it now goes to a three frame play-off at a date to be decided by the committee . |
| 2 | 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 ] . |
| 3 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 4 | Other subjects used the first part of the show included the Dart Valley railway , the Red Arrows and computer graphics . |
| 5 | During the following two months came the first reports of Baghdad 's retaliation at the frontier town of Halabjah , in PUK territory , where aircraft were said to have dropped bombs containing poison gas . |
| 6 | As foreseen under the peace agreement , officials of the two parties began the first meeting of their Joint Political and Military Commission , together with Soviet , US and Portuguese representatives , in Luanda on June 17 . |
| 7 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 8 | Small flocks coming in from all directions joined the first arrivals until many thousands were stretched out in long parallel black lines . |
| 9 | Rovers dominated the first half as Atkins hit a 25-yard drive narrowly wide , Cook blocked another from Atkins and Sellars curled a shot wide of Stowell onto the far post . |
| 10 | Enough countries signed the first lot to bring the fund into existence ; but most are now waiting for America 's signature before agreeing to enlargement of it . |
| 11 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 12 | Although teething troubles dogged the first week of pedestrianisation in Darlington traders and shoppers generally welcomed the scheme . |
| 13 | A mile or two from the front line , troops entered the first communication trenches ; though to call them this was generally both an exaggeration and an anachronism . |
| 14 | Modern TRANSPORT — workers built the first railways through the ALPS in the 1800's tourism increased due to the rapid improvement in transport . |
| 15 | EC monitors reported the first use of Soviet-made ground to ground missiles on Dec. 30 south of Zagreb . |
| 16 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 17 | Two generals and 19 other officers became the first soldiers to be brought to trial in connection with the December 1989 coup attempt , when they appeared before a seven-member military court on May 8 on charges of mutiny and murder . |
| 18 | Early viewers studied the first TV weather-chart in November 1936 . |
| 19 | The owners paid the first instalment on April 28 , 1972 . |
| 20 | Many of the families spent the first night huddled together in the open but tradition maintains that no one suffered as much as a common cold . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | About 15 families attended the first meeting and all wanted the group to be both a supporting and fighting unit . |
| 23 | The earliest farmers fashioned the first sickles out of pieces of sharp flint fixed in a curved bone or piece of wood . |
| 24 | In 1941 , with such bracing words as ‘ Your garden is part of the National Defences ’ and ‘ Cloches versus Hitler ’ , advertisements subsidised the first edition of the Vegetable Garden Displayed . |
| 25 | Thirteen young Waverley Harriers attended the first Brighton & Hove open meeting at Withdean Stadium on Saturday . |
| 26 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 27 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 28 | These new streamlined creatures became the first fish and soon underwent a further important change when they began to develop a movable jaw , paving the way for the Devonian period — the ‘ Age of Fishes ’ . |
| 29 | The French champions became the first club to hit six goals since the semi-final group system was introduced last season . |
| 30 | The below-strength Americans became the first defending champions to bow out of the cup 's first round in 10 years as Australia 's singles hero Mark Woodforde took his brilliant form into the doubles against Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg . |