Example sentences of "have [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAKISTANI authorities have for the first time begun arresting farmers in the North West Frontier Province who have been found planting opium for next year 's harvest . |
| 2 | South African authorities have for the first time permitted Mr Nelson Mandela to talk by telephone with exiled leaders of the African National Congress from the prison where he is held near Cape Town . |
| 3 | South Africa 's Muslims , rich in educational and managerial skills , now have for the first time a clear political objective of social justice . |
| 4 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 5 | Scientists at La Jolla University , California , have for the first time established a link between nitrous oxide and the nylon industry . |
| 6 | Law was only giving credit where due when he said that these two groups ‘ have from the first been the main-props of the new National Free Church movement ’ . |
| 7 | They have in the first year written 30,000 plans with a total of £900 million sums assured recording £100 million in premium income . |
| 8 | The draw to decide which colour pieces the players have in the first of their 24 games ended with Kasparov gaining white — and so the opening move in the series which begins at London 's Savoy Theatre next Tuesday . |
| 9 | ‘ I just hope I can keep shooting birdies like I have in the first two rounds . ’ |