Example sentences of "[noun sg] by the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he only said , ‘ It was raised from the rock by the first High Kings , and it is filled with rather strange enchantments . |
| 2 | The Rover 200 will be joined in the showrooms next month by the first new Land Rover model for 20 years , the Discovery , aimed at the sector of the four-wheel drive market dominated by Japanese manufacturers . |
| 3 | This is when there is the greatest risk of the glider being lifted off the ground by the first strong gust . |
| 4 | DESPITE the sparkling performance by the first two of America 's four planned space shuttles , the fleet 's goal of 30 flights a year by 1990 is ‘ impossible or highly improbable , ’ according to a study by leading aerospace experts . |
| 5 | The first victory for an American-bred horse was in 1908 when Rubio triumphed , followed the next year by the first French success with Lutteur III . |
| 6 | Among several groups , such as the weavers and combers of the south-western serge manufacture and the tailors , hatters and printers of London , there is clear evidence that organisations recognisable as trade unions were in existence by the first two decades of the eigh-teenth century . |