Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Also on March 22 the first round of cantonal elections were held for 2,025 general councillors ( including 79 overseas ) , with a second round on March 29 [ for last cantonal elections in 1985 see p. 36705 ] .
2 On 26 January 1986 the first protest against the proposed lignite mining took place when over 2,000 people marched from Moortown school to the Old Cross at Ardboe where they held a rally .
3 By a respondent 's notice dated 1 July 1991 the first defendant cross-appealed , seeking an order that on the taking of accounts and inquiry ordered to be taken by Chief Master Munrow on 14 March 1988 , the plaintiffs were not entitled to raise an objection to the defendants ' accounts on the ground that the items were unreasonable in amount unless the court had deprived the first defendant as mortgagee of relevant costs .
4 In May 1976 the first exploration licences specifically for uranium were issued to Maugh Ltd , a subsidiary of the French company Minatome , a company which in turn was partly owned by Total , the French state-owned oil company .
5 On July 1 the first stage of the Delors plan on economic and monetary union came into effect .
6 Punsaalmagiyn Ochirbat , then Minister of External Economic Relations and Supply , was in July 1989 the first minister to visit the United Kingdom , when he reached agreement with British companies on wind power , oil prospecting , the paper industry and tourism .
7 By a written agreement dated 26 May 1988 the first plaintiff company ( ‘ Istel ’ ) agreed to buy the entire share capital of Abbey and its subsidiary companies for the sum of £2,550,000 .
8 On 7 February 1863 the first number of the Church Times appeared .
9 However , Syria sided with the pro-Western camp at the Cairo summit and on Aug. 20 the first contingent of 1,200 Syrian troops was dispatched to Saudi Arabia .
10 On 22 March 1921 the first sea-plane landed in Funchal after completing a flight from Lisbon ; in the 1930s a Zeppelin passed over Funchal , and in 1949 Aquila Airways began a regular flying-boat service to the island .
11 FEB 1993 The first anniversary of TOP was marked by presentations to a representative group of staff outlining progress and difficulties encountered in the past year .
12 At the inaugural meeting of the Geographical Society on 16 July 1830 , he was appointed its secretary , and on 16 November 1833 the first professor of geography in the University of London .
13 Sun Japan , which just released Sun Microsystems Inc 's latest low-end boxes , plans to ship 10,000 Sparc Classics , 6,000 LXs and 2,000 SparcCenter 2000s the first year out .
14 OCT 1992 The first Reward and Recognition points appeared on payslips .
15 By Jan 62 the tooling jigs were assembled , and in Feb 62 the first metal was cut at the Bordeaux-Merignac factory on a sleek eight or ten seat twin-engine executive jet and military liaison aircraft , which had the aerodynamic features of the Mystère IV .
16 In November 1959 the first expropriation of US property took place , an event signalling that the Cubans were no longer willing to accept the need for negotiations on Washington 's terms .
17 On Feb. 21 the first meeting was held between the new government and the trade unions , but Podkrepa refused to attend the meeting with Dimitrov and other Cabinet members because the CITUB 's chair , Krustyu Petkov , was also invited .
18 On Oct. 4 the first session of the enlarged ( from 519 to 663 members ) Bundestag ( lower house of federal parliament ) was held in the Reichstag building .
19 On 26 October 1955 the first issue hit the news-stands .
20 On 1 Jan 65 the first production aircraft , F-WMSH , flew incorporating small design refinements over the prototype .
21 If you missed Turry 2 the first time round , four pounds is a small price to pay for one of last year 's best games .
22 From about April 1988 to March 1989 the first defendant , Pantell S.A. , a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland , carried on an unauthorised investment business in the United Kingdom .
23 In April 1980 the first attack on Raybestos came yet again from the Ringaskiddy residents .
24 Operation ‘ Winch ’ , ' 3 April 1941. the first Hurricane IIA aircraft to be delivered to Malta are seen here on the dock of H.M.S. Ark Royal' .
25 The Lithuanian Republic was in March 1990 the first republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union [ see p. 37299-300 ] .
26 On 2 March 1988 the first defendant surrendered the lease in consideration of the plaintiff accepting goods listed in an inventory , which were later sold for £309 , in full and final settlement of all claims and demands against him under the lease .
27 On June 11 the first truck convoy since the fall of Mengistu set out from the port of Assab towards Addis Ababa carrying fuel and food .
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