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

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1 It was the same stadium that Melpomene , an unofficial woman entrant , stepped into in 1986 in the first Olympic marathon .
2 It was sold at Sotheby 's in 1946 in the first and greatest post-war Phillips sale for £900 .
3 It was first published in 1650 in the first edition of dances collected by John Playford and would certainly have been danced at the court of King Charles II .
4 The proportion without electricity was to be reduced to less than one in ten in the first decade of nationalisation .
5 The present tax was introduced in 1965 in the first Budget of the Labour government elected in 1964 .
6 One sample in seven contained residues in 1986 and the level had fallen to one sample in 20 in the first eight months of this year .
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