Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swindon were facing financial ruin after being relegated from the first division last season … |
| 2 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 3 | There 's no doubt it 's going to be difficult for us but if we play for 90 minutes the same way we did against Cork in the first half last week , we 'll return with something from the game . ’ |
| 4 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 5 | For the first time last night , the official ADN news agency published a statement by the group , and a regional newspaper printed a ‘ catalogue ’ of New Forum demands yesterday . |
| 6 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 7 | THE most powerful man in world cricket admitted for the first time last night that he is frightened of being sued over the Lambgate Scandal . |
| 8 | ‘ Contact made for the first time last night . |
| 9 | At least 645 different designs were published — the number in Mr Hooker 's collection , shown for the first time last weekend at the British Matchbox Label and Booklet Society 's annual exhibition in London . |
| 10 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
| 11 | CHINA : Amnesty International was publicly recognised by a senior government official in the People 's Republic of China for the first time last year , in connection with the commutation of the death sentence of Lobsang Tenzin , a Tibetan student accused of the murder of a Chinese policeman . |
| 12 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 13 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 14 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 15 | A late developer on the world championship trail , Cardus made his debut in 1983 , won his first GP in 1989 and led a world championship for the first time last season . |
| 16 | THE new Sussex Downs Conservation Board , which will have responsibilities for 600 square miles of countryside in West and East Sussex , met for the first time last week and elected Baroness Cumberlege as chairman . |
| 17 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 18 | Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week . |
| 19 | Bangor , beaten for the first time last week , will be keen to bounce back to winning ways by seeing off Ruthin , who welcome back bowler Owen Hughes following a finger injury . |
| 20 | Fourteen people attended the first meeting last week but Phyllis Horsley , a member of the Darlington Trust said : ‘ There is room for everyone ; we need more people who can help with conservation work , people who can help record data on local animals and plants , and older people who just want to help raise money . ’ |
| 21 | Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals . |
| 22 | The success of the project was evident at the first concert last year . |
| 23 | The first frame last night was as crucial as any , but Hendry won that with breaks of 54 and 55 before opening up a lead of three with an 81 which proved to be his highest after the interval . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 25 | Looking back to the opening statement of the first article last month , we must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration rather than as pure picture-making . |