Example sentences of "[num] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years later this latest manor house was built , and in 1928 almost the first double glazing ever seen in England was installed to combat the bitterly cold winds . |
| 2 | These centred on personal power and wealth and were manifest in Nigeria , for example , by 1966 when the first military coup was staged . |
| 3 | It was increasingly polished during the reign of Louis XIV when the first professional dancers took over from the courtiers after the founding of the Académie Royale de Danse within the Académie Royale de Musique ( 1672 ) . |
| 4 | Pied flycatchers have been the subject of study in the Forest of Dean ever since 1942 when the first eighty boxes were nailed into place . |
| 5 | The first breakthrough came during the 1960s when the first all-electronic phototypesetting equipment appeared . |
| 6 | Much has changed since 1989 when the first annual Art Show was organised to help members of the prestigious Art Dealers ' Association of America cash in on a booming art market . |
| 7 | Mass tourism started in 1989 when the first 340 Windsurf guests arrived . |
| 8 | According to the respondents all the disputes were resolved by an oral agreement which was concluded on 6 May 1988 whereby the first two respondents agreed to pay $100,000 to the petitioner and $50,000 to Omnicorp and it was agreed by all parties that the legal proceedings and threatened litigation with regard to all matters in dispute would be abandoned . |
| 9 | All the planning , training , and pre-production work began to culminate in early December 1968 when the first filmed scenes were completed aboard the USS Yorktown , playing the role of the Japanese carrier Akagi , cruising off the California coast . |
| 10 | Grand Prix racing existed long before the formation of the World Championship in 1950 , and goes back to 1906 when the first French Grand Prix was run . |