Example sentences of "and [verb] its first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first multiparty elections since 1968 , Frederick Chiluba , leader of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy ( MMD ) , was elected President on Oct. 31 , ending the 27-year rule of Kenneth Kaunda , who led Zambia to independence and became its first President in October 1964 [ see p. 20373 ] . |
| 2 | With the incorporation of the town in 1900 he was elected to the council , and became its first mayor . |
| 3 | The locomotive is due to arrive at Bury by road and make its first appearance at a hastily-organised Great Western Weekend over the weekend of November 14–15 . |
| 4 | The RIBA/ARCUK Joint Visiting Panel took over the task of visiting UK schools of architecture in October at the beginning of the 1992–3 academic session and made its first visit to the University of East London . |
| 5 | The prototype was converted from a production KI.107 and made its first flight over thirty years age , in December 1960 . |
| 6 | At the specific request from an Australian customer , the only low pressure tyre CC version for operation from unprepared landing strips was manufactured , and made its first flight in April 67 . |
| 7 | This did not get under way until 1943 , took in the first students in 1944 and produced its first teachers in 1946 . |
| 8 | At this plenum Gorbachev was highly critical of the CPL leadership , declaring its action " illegitimate " and invalid and condemning its first secretary Algirdas Brazauskas for compromising with nationalist and separatist forces . |
| 9 | This is one of the best plays to have come out of Russia since Chekhov and received its first performance in this country in Oxford in 1966 , with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in the cast . |
| 10 | Three of her works were played , one of them , a Trombone Concerto was commissioned by Paragon and received its first performance . |
| 11 | This led to a great setback for the Company ; by the early 1680s it seemed to have established itself , and paid its first dividends , at about 50 per cent a year , but it was then caught up in England 's wars against France , the bases were captured , and no regular dividends could be paid until after it had got its property back under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . |
| 12 | It began in Rebekah 's womb , continued over a bowl of lentil soup , and finished its first round beside the bed of the dying Isaac . |
| 13 | After thanking all Scottish Nuclear staff for their ‘ quite exceptional ’ efforts over the year , the Chairman ended , ‘ I remain confident Scottish Nuclear can continue to improve its competitiveness and maintain its first class record of safety . |
| 14 | As Garry 's already mentioned started back in nineteen eighty five and delivered its first products in eighty seven . |
| 15 | In 1989 the RSC published a survey on Education , employment and attitudes of men and women members and , partly as a result of this report , the Women Chemists Committee ( WCC ) was set up and held its first meeting in March 1990 . |