Example sentences of "when [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be equally so to deny it , especially when considering the first recording on the tape . |
| 2 | When considering the first age of party politics in England , it makes sense to treat the years 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole . |
| 3 | This would not necessarily occur for the risk ratings since these may have been initially quite high because of the drivers ’ unfamiliarity with the car when giving the first ratings . |
| 4 | So , when the 1971 British Lions stretched Fergie McCormick this way and that when winning the First Test on Mains ' home ground , the All Black selectors decided that McCormick had to go , and Mains went on to play the remaining three Tests of the first rubber that the Lions had won in New Zealand . |
| 5 | John Bums , President of the Local Government Board , when introducing the first legislation with ‘ town planning ’ in its title in 1909 declared : These objectives may seem happily optimistic when contrasted with subsequent achievements , but they serve to remind us of the tension that always exists in town planning between the engineers and the sociologists ( Goldsmith 1980:Ch. 7 ) . |