Example sentences of "open [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
| 2 | Yesterday afternoon the New York markets opened for the first time since Friday night and saw that sterling had weakened about 9 pfennigs since then . |
| 3 | The only new Mission for the deaf that seems to have opened for the first time in the 1890s was that at Oxford , although the deaf people of Bradford almost lost their own when a fire was discovered in the coal cellar under the offices by one of the deaf members who ran to summon the fire brigade from its nearby station . |
| 4 | New workplaces opened for the first time on or after 1 January 1993 or those that are modified or extended or converted should comply with the Regulations immediately . |
| 5 | On Sept. 15 the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was opened for the first time since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 . |
| 6 | Queues began forming hours before doors opened for the first viewing of pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 7 | ‘ We opened for the first time and we 're doing extremely well , ’ said assistant manager Greg Hughes . |
| 8 | One and a half million new accounts were opened in the first year . |
| 9 | Six new Homebase stores were opened in the first half with a further new store and distribution depot to opened in the current six months . |
| 10 | ‘ There is no magic left in the festive practices of Oxford , or Grimley , or wherever-the Morrismen and Mummers no magic unless the mind that enacts the festival has a gate opened to the first forest- ’ |
| 11 | With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist . |