Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the group 's move to its new location , 300 people , including over 160 police officers , were injured in battles between 1,400 police and at least 7,000 demonstrators . |
| 2 | PATCHED up Instonians failed by a whisker to become the first team in five seasons to complete a home and away Harp Senior League double over Lisnagarvey . |
| 3 | DELEGATES at this year 's CIU Annual Conference at Blackpool will have a chance to visit the first Beer and Trades Exhibition being staged at the Sandcastle Exhibition Centre on the South Promenade . |
| 4 | It took me a month to pass the first aid , anti-gas and light rescue tests , and then I was allocated to the Rivermead Court post . |
| 5 | In March 1770 Mozart received a commission to write the first opera for the following carnival season in Milan . |
| 6 | In the autumn of 1984 I introduced a bill to bring the first pension reforms into effect . |
| 7 | We will , of course , move as quickly as possible , but it is most unlikely that my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to make the first pay and conditions order under the new Act immediately upon the expiry of the 1987 Act on 31 March 1992 . |
| 8 | In a speech to mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Mohammed Siyad Barre , on Jan. 26 , Farah Aydid stated his readiness for a truce , but reiterated his implacable opposition both to Mahdi Mohammed and to the idea of an international peacekeeping force , which he said would serve only to protect the " self-appointed " interim President from the Somali people . |
| 9 | But that was before , our of the blue , he received a call to tell him that Jamie had scored a final round of 60 and then had beaten Anders Forsbrand n a play-off to record the first Tour victory of his career . |