Example sentences of "[pron] first major " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was my first major mistake . |
| 2 | At the Cosford Games I won the 60 metres , my first major senior success above county level . |
| 3 | The 1985 European Indoor Championships in Athens was my first major international meeting , and it showed . |
| 4 | I had won my first major title . |
| 5 | When I reviewed my performance I thought , well , it was my first major World Championship and I came fourth . |
| 6 | My best finish was in my first major tournament , the Southern Amateur in the cold and rain of Royal Cinque Ports in March . |
| 7 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 8 | The wall charts were the type of project I felt I had trained to tackle , and this was my first major commission involving both botany and zoology . |
| 9 | During the reception I made my first major mistake . |
| 10 | Perhaps we shall renew our acquaintance in Barcelona tonight , where Real Madrid have their first major test under his management . |
| 11 | This new competition arose out of a battle between banks and building societies which arose when the banks made their first major inroad into the mortgage market . |
| 12 | ‘ What Difference Does It Make ’ led the band neatly into their first major tour . |
| 13 | The staff hoped that a French micro , the Thompson 07 , could be modified for use in their first major pilot project near Marseilles . |
| 14 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 15 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 16 | They have hardly spoken in public and the atmosphere remains frosty on their first major engagement since their marriage was rocked by leaks . |
| 17 | THE WEDDING PRESENT release their ninth single of '92 on September 7 and have announced details of their first major UK tour in 18 months . |
| 18 | It was their first major flight away from the barn , and of course we did n't know then it was to be their last . |
| 19 | KINGMAKER , recently returned from their first major US outing , load up with their current ‘ Armchair Anarchist ’ single and launch into their UK tour with a live assault visiting . |
| 20 | The High Elves had won their first major victory . |
| 21 | Their first major report was 11,000 Seven Year Olds published in 1966 . |
| 22 | Their first major venture was to organise a strike amongst the workforce of the Burmah Oil Company in 1938 . |
| 23 | In the last year Virgin had invested some £4m in their first major film project , Electric Dreams ; more money was now being poured into yet another , a new version of George Orwell 's book Nineteen Eighty-four . |
| 24 | Had it gone over the bar Wexford would now still be celebrating their first major title in 20 years . |
| 25 | On May 2 the FMLN mounted their first major offensive since November 1989 [ see p. 37037-38 ] , attacking military posts and dynamiting electricity pylons throughout the country and penetrating into the exclusive suburb of Escalón in the capital , San Salvador . |
| 26 | At their first major encounter , Emperor Yazdegird came off the better . |
| 27 | Brown and Harris described the foundations of their model and their first major survey in their book Social Origins of Depression published in 1978 . |
| 28 | Their first major task is to build a two storey block for the project offices by the end of March , including two canteens and space for medical and nursing facilities , as well as an induction centre for health and safety training . |
| 29 | In its first major acquisition since privatisation a year ago British Steel is buying C Walker and Sons , of Blackburn . |
| 30 | Steel purchase : British Steel has made its first major acquisition since privatisation , buying private group C Walker & Sons , of Blackburn , for £330m . |