Example sentences of "[verb] the [num ord] major [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of those interested in the opportunities for détente was Winston Churchill who was British premier once more and became the first major European statesman to advocate a relaxation of tensions with Russia . |
| 2 | Turkish fortunes began to decline after the raising of the second siege of Vienna ( 1683 ) , and the Treaty of Karlovci ( Carlowitz ) in 1699 recorded the first major Ottoman defeat and the beginning of the slow retreat of the Turks from Europe . |
| 3 | Partnerships represented the first major inner-city initiative in England . |
| 4 | It also saw the first major electoral success for Labour : twenty-nine Labour and Lib-Lab members were returned . |
| 5 | : the geology of the period which began two to three million years ago , and which contained the last major planetary ice age . |
| 6 | Such a process could attempt to investigate the last major unresolved aspect of the scandal : the precise role played by Reagan . |
| 7 | There were still bits and pieces left to organize for the coming weekend , when she was hosting the first major social gathering of the new year . |
| 8 | PAUL PAGE , 20 , of Langley Park , won the first major amateur prize of the season when he took the Berkhamsted Trophy in a sudden-death play-off with Matt Maguire after both players recorded one-under-par totals of 141 , writes Bill Meredith . |