Example sentences of "the first [adj] [noun sg] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | The federal government on Nov. 6 , 1989 , announced its acceptance of a free-trade ruling against a Canadian fisheries practice concerning the processing of salmon and herring , the first such ruling under the panels procedure . |
| 2 | The first such decree under these new powers was issued on Sept. 27 . |
| 3 | The discussion of social legislation in the context of Community law is hardly novel : the first substantive legislation under the EEC Treaty was that on social security for migrant workers , adopted in 1958 . |
| 4 | The Human Rights Protection Party ( HRPP ) , led by Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana , was returned to power on April 5 in the first general election under the country 's recently introduced universal adult suffrage . |
| 5 | In the first dark pool under the hollowed bank the steady , rolling eddies went placidly round and round , smooth as cream , their tension dimpling the centre into a slow , minor whirlpool . |
| 6 | Accompanied by his wife , whom he had married shortly before sailing , Johnson arrived with the first fleet and celebrated the first Anglican service under ‘ a great tree ’ at Sydney cove on 3 February 1788 . |
| 7 | This was the first major trial under the state of emergency introduced in February [ see p. 38790 ] . |
| 8 | This was the first departmental review under new procedure agreed with Heads of Departments earlier in the year . |
| 9 | The first republican regime under Brigadier Qasem lasted only until 1963 , when a joint coup by pan-Arab nationalists and members of the Arab Socialist Baath Party brought chat combination to power . |