Example sentences of "the first [noun prp] [noun] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first change occurred in 1976 when the International Monetary Fund imposed reductions on public expenditure , and the second with the election of the first Thatcher government in 1979 . |
| 2 | In Britain the election of the first Thatcher government in 1979 heralded the beginning of an ambitious attempt to " roll back the state " by a true believer in private enterprise and market values . |
| 3 | Above right : Mrs. Cecil Norton ( handicap 22 — became the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 ) seen here beating Mrs. Winston Churchill 2 and 1 and Ranelagh in 1913 . |
| 4 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
| 5 | If was for service to the monarchy , however , that he was made the first Earl Ashburnham in 1730 ; for a family that had begun as modest farmers in the medieval Weald , this was no mean achievement . |
| 6 | Awards received by Freeman , Fox & Partners , to which his outstanding designs contributed in no small way , included the Queen 's award to industry in 1967 , and , jointly with Rolls-Royce , the first MacRobert award in 1969 . |
| 7 | He made his name as mayor of West Berlin in 1957-66 , was Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 , and became the first SPD Chancellor in 1969 [ see p. 23618 ] . |
| 8 | He became one of the first Whitworth scholars in 1875 and completed his education at King 's College , University of London . |
| 9 | Later , when tempers had cooled , her father , Mirza Farkunda Zamal , had been awarded a pension by the penitent British authorities ; he was even given a seat of honour at the first Delhi Durbar in 1877 . |
| 10 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |