Example sentences of "[vb past] the first [noun] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott and a team including Chris Bonington made the first ascent in 1977 ; on the rock ridge of Shivling East Pillar ; Greg Child belayed on Lobsang Spire in the Karakoram — another first ascent for Scott in 1983 . |
| 2 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 3 | He subsequently assisted the incorporation of the Greater London colleges within London University and , as a result , became the first principal in 1901 , holding the position until retirement in 1908 . |
| 4 | ATV provided the first example in 1955 — 6 , as we have seen , with Mirror Group capital injected at a key psychological moment . |
| 5 | School Mission had first been conceived by Edward Thring , headmaster of Uppingham , but it was Eton which opened the first club in 1880 , followed by Harrow in 1883 . |
| 6 | Though they only opened the first supermarket in 1961 , there are over 40 today . |
| 7 | Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on . |