Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Norwegian biologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe made the first important observations on dominance , in the 1920s . |
| 2 | But in the new spate of glasnost , or openness , one of I T N's Moscow reporters , Bill Meely became the first European journalist to be shown inside the Lubyanka , the K G B's headquarters . |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt-Rivers became the first official guardian of Britain 's heritage |
| 4 | On July 1 Andorra became the first non-EC country to join the EC customs union , when a treaty signed in June 1990 [ see p. 37592 ] came into effect . |
| 5 | When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime . |
| 6 | During the rest of the inter-war period , and indeed ever since , Labour politicians and commentators have attempted to explain why Ramsay MacDonald ditched the second Labour government and formed a National Government . |
| 7 | WASHINGTON — General Dmitri Yazov became the first Soviet defence minister to visit the US yesterday , beginning a week of talks as the guest of his opposite number , Dick Cheney , writes Marc Champion . |
| 8 | John Vento became the third white to be sentenced in connection with the Bensonhurst attack , having been convicted of unlawful imprisonment and menacing behaviour , on July 3 , and was on Aug. 14 imprisoned for between 2@2/3 and 8 years . |
| 9 | In June 1988 , James Hansen became the first prominent atmospheric scientist to tell governments that the greenhouse effect had been confirmed ‘ with about 99 per cent confidence ’ ( Hansen et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |
| 11 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
| 12 | On July 16 François Mitterrand became the first French President to attend the annual service held to commemorate the arrest and detention in 1942 of 12,884 Jews in the " Vel " d'Hiv " " cycling stadium in Paris . |
| 13 | But the effort proved too much to sustain and Reykjavik scored the next 13 points to put the issue beyond doubt . |
| 14 | Graf dropped the last four games of the second set after serving for the match at 5–3 , but then powered past fifth-seeded Sabatini 6–2 5–7 6–1 . |
| 15 | Swallowing hard on the disappointment , Andy spent the next few years taking even more blows on the chin . |
| 16 | On 24 June Edward won the first notable victory of the war in the naval battle fought off Sluys ( Fr L'Ecluse ) at the mouth of the river Zwyn , at which a larger French fleet was decimated by superior English tactics and the better use of prevailing conditions . |
| 17 | The same thing happened in Holland and ATS gave the next three races a miss to try to fix the problems . |
| 18 | To prepare his reforms , Ivan summoned the first Zemsky sobor ( 1549 ) , the consultative body destined to play an important if erratic role in the next century of Muscovite history . |
| 19 | Stewart McGrane scored the first seven minutes after the break with the second not arriving until five minutes from the end , which says a lot for the Galashiels defence . |
| 20 | Pat Nevin scored the third five minutes from time . |
| 21 | The following day , Darwin made the first evolutionary entry in his current pocket notebook ( known as the ‘ Red Notebook ’ ) : ‘ When we see Avestruz two species . |
| 22 | During the talks Mubarak became the first Arab leader to accept the US suggestion that the Arab countries should drop their economic boycott of Israel in return for an Israeli freeze on its settlement activities . |
| 23 | Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile . |
| 24 | In the 13C a cloister was founded then , in the 17C , Caratti designed the first octagonal cupola in Prague for the Order . |
| 25 | England hosted the first three World Cups in 1975 , 79 and 83 . |
| 26 | England hosted the first three World Cups in 1975 , 79 and 83 . |
| 27 | Ireland opened the first commercial monorail in 1888 . |
| 28 | Mrs Molesworth spent the next four years in France and Germany , but returned to England permanently in 1883 . |
| 29 | Jose Rivero birdied the last three holes to trim America 's lead to two shots and join Couples out in front in the individual race , won by Woosnam last year . |
| 30 | Aenarion walked the last few leagues over the haunted plains on foot . |