Example sentences of "[noun sg] take the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Bligh of the Bounty took the first apples to Australia ; Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of Cape Settlement , took them to South Africa and the Pilgrim Fathers who boarded the Mayflower carried them to America . |
| 2 | Dundalk clinched the double with victory over Derry in the 1988 FAI Cup Final and the following season the Brandywell club took the first step towards a unique treble with a stunning 4–0 win in the League Cup final at Oriel Park . |
| 3 | Does he recall that he said that if the business community took the first step he and the police would give it whatever support and back-up it needed ? |
| 4 | Fittingly the local-born lad took the first spot kick which completed the first leg of what could see the city 's two clubs meet for the first time in the last four . |
| 5 | Villa away … the premier league team took the first leg 2-1 at the Manor … |
| 6 | In the final , Royston and Cawkell settled quickly and took full advantage of their five-point start to take the first game 15–5 . |
| 7 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 8 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 9 | The England star takes the first step towards his long-awaited comeback in an A-team game this afternoon , five months after suffering a career-threatening Achilles injury . |
| 10 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 11 | The German totally overwhelmed America 's Michael Chang , 6-2 , 6-3 , 6-2 , in the final to take the first prize of $2m — but , more importantly for him , instil renewed self-confidence that the Wimbledon triumph was no fluke . |
| 12 | Perhaps if , as I am told , they are a branch of Ladbrokes , they are hedging their bets , i.e. waiting to see if any other company takes the first step ! |
| 13 | the player takes the first card and looks at it , if it is a question card ask the next player , one of the two questions |
| 14 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |